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Originally Posted by Dion
If you have a group of officers at the scene i'm sure the self defence thing is something they get trained for. A simple command of so and so has my permission to shoot if and when he/she feels threatened.
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No, no and no. The vast majority of police are trained to recognize when the use of deadly force is necessary. There is no 'command' and there is no 'permission'.
Ofcourse in certain situations, ie. hostage, etc when there is 'TIME' (I can't emphasize the value of time enough) a command giving say a sniper the green light to end the threat is certainly a valid point.