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But to be honest, I don't view it as simply as "can I do this violent thing to this bad guy because I'm legally able" to do it. I think that's a shitty way to practice law enforcement. But I'll say this- when pushed to the point where I'm forced to make a decision of safely going home to my wife and kids in one piece or using a weapon, the answer is clear.

I expect (and hope) that few people look at it like that, and that most look at it like you do. But nonetheless, I have to think in training and in every day life as an LEO, what you believe to be the boundaries of your profession work their way in to how you think about situations, yeah?

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Posted by ClientNumber9

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Posted on 9/18/17 at 4:53 pm to Pettifogger

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I have to think in training and in every day life as an LEO, what you believe to be the boundaries of your profession work their way in to how you think about situations, yeah?

I suppose they do but then, I'm a fed and most of our arrests are against people we are intimately familiar with, both criminally and personally. So when I'm going through that doorway or meeting them as they exit their car, I have a good idea of what my bad guy is capable of doing in the name of escape/attack. Most of them are violent, dangerous dirt bags and I'm not inclined to take chances on their behavioral responses so we adopt the "shock and awe" tactic of an overwhelming approach from all angles.

Also, after you've been assaulted a few times, it colors your perspective on how much you'll tolerate. Once you realize how quickly things can go sideways, you err (sometimes dramatically so) on the side of caution.

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