
Originally Posted by
allan
Well it would be easy enough to say that in the gas station incident officer should have gone right to gun and not used the taser but I think the more useful line to take is to inquire "why" he might have made that choice.
My initial thoughts: has the way in which training has been structured lead him to taser usage? Does a man trying to light a (potentially devastating) fire fit very easily into the decision-making formulas/structures that the officer or we use to determine our level of response to a threat? There was no "weapon" visible or being brandished other than flame. Obviously a hugely dangerous threat, yet much different than a knife, gun, screwdriver, etc. in terms of how we might process the moment.