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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Well in hindsight bringing up a bomb doesn't make sense, has he did not have one. But at the time of the showdown and in the heat of the moment if you as a police officer don't prepare for the worst - you're the one dead.
The police have a duty not only to protect themselves and the public but also property.
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The police have a duty to react based upon reasonable cause, not hypotheticals. If the standard was to react to the worst possible scenario regardless of having a sound basis to believe that was the case every situation would call for the use of lethal force.
You also don't use deadly force to prevent property damage.