All of the incidents in the article, which necessitated the use of deadly force, involved assaults with edged weapons. Anyone telling a law enforcement officer to negotiate with an aggressive person holding a knife is a fucking idiot.
Also, I've dealt with hundreds of violent mentally ill individuals at my present job. This includes people with homicidal ideations, and a number of people whose reality is just completely and utterly messed up. You can't negotiate a resolution with all of them (and we are only called in negotiate if the DOCTOR has already failed to).
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Date: 2007-05-15 06:27 pm (UTC)Also, I've dealt with hundreds of violent mentally ill individuals at my present job. This includes people with homicidal ideations, and a number of people whose reality is just completely and utterly messed up. You can't negotiate a resolution with all of them (and we are only called in negotiate if the DOCTOR has already failed to).