I agree, the less than lethal are great tools and keep us in law enforcement safe. And the less than lethal is in the "use of force policies" soft hands, then pepper or tazer, then hard hands/ASP, then as a last resort, and if the officers or someone elses life is in danger, deadly force. Most bad guys do not want to be sprayed or tazed so the mear presents of these tools defuse a bad situation fast.

I hate to say it, but; I take offense to the fact that people feel the police (me) are only there for power and sit and think on how we can use the tools we are given to hurt people. When in fact, we help more people with out ever having to use these tools. Nine times out of ten, in bad situations, it only takes a few minutes of talking to people to calm things down and solve the problem.

These times are not like back in the 1920's when the police were all corrupt and would take people out behind the shed for street justice. We are highly trained and educated. We will still have a few bad ones every once in a while, but; we have thousands of good ones that put thier lives on the line every day and night because they care about the communities and people.

Sorry for the rant, I do not mean to offend anyone.

I will now step off my soapbox and return to the normal.......

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