Police Involved Shootings David Klingers Into the Kill Zone, explores the subject of police involved shooting; using his own as well as his fellow officers experiences and police policies in shooting suspects. The experiences involved two facets, one in which the police officers did not shoot even if circumstances allowed them to and the other in which the police officers exercised the option to shoot. The author introduced his view on the subject of police shooting with his own experience; detailing the first time he killed a man. The piece was done in a matter of fact manner, but the reader can sense that deep emotions run beneath the surface as the author tells his story. The reader can also sense that he would have avoided shooting the man if given a chance. Given these outputs from the piece it made sense that after the narration, the author first presented the views wherein police officers have chosen not to shoot.
To further explore this situation of police hesitancy to fire the author interviewed fellow officers regarding shooting situations and paid close attention to instances wherein the officers held their fire when they could have shot. The author chose these instances and present experiences of that nature to the readers to further emphasize police restraint on gun firing. These experiences are: a suicidal man carrying a knife, a deranged man pretending to carry a gun, gun-toting gang members, a man and some kids seemingly carrying guns that turn out to be toy guns, and a drunken man carrying a shot gun; all of which came from patrol work. The author also made mentioned of three experiences wherein the officers nearly shot the wrong person had they not follow their instincts to exercised restraint. The author explained that in these situations, there were cues recognized by the police officers that made them decide not to shoot despite the situations presenting danger at first glance. The author also explored the second facet of the subject.
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He portrayed experiences in which the police officers went with the option of shooting and explained the circumstances surrounding it. These experiences are as follows: a shootout with a gang member that robbed a man in gunpoint, an armed robbery turn hostage situation, and shoot outs with ex-convicts. Again, the officers acted based on cues. With these experiences the readers can sense even without the authors prodding (as these experiences were explained in greater detail than the restraint ones) that the officers shoot because it was the last resort. Given, that the authors own rookie experience made him choose the option to shoot, his exploration of the subject took on a more personal note. He presented two sides on the subject of the shooting using first hand accounts to illustrate each of the facets.
This personal form of narrations made the readers realized just how situations like these weigh heavily on the police officers and that I think is the object of this article more than the protocols and the policies that should have been followed..
