Thanks for the clarification, i was actually incorrect, i had assumed everyone was there already and that an officers bullet proof vest was enough, it didn't dawn on me that it actually takes time for the ERT to respond.
however Hollywood movies isn't what i was thinking of, more like actual situations caught on tape of officers over in Europe who are caught in a risky situation but take the risk as long as it means someone can survive instead of die or get seriously injured
that's the image and standards i hope/wish/thought our officers aspire to be at (that's why i have no problems if officers were paid double what they are, as long as those ideals are sought after)
but if even you, of all people on rs, believe that a bit of risk to insure life/safety of, yes even, a suspect is "hollywood" then i guess i have to rethink things
just a side note though
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Originally Posted by zulutango
The guy is carrying an assault rifle and you have just been in a firefight with a known violent person who has used guns in the past and who has assaulted Police in the passt and said he wanted "suicide by Cop". You wait until ERT arrives.
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All this wasn't known at the time not even that it was an assault rifle, merely a "gun" (according to the articles that first popped up it went from Gun, to gun and
rifle in backseat) as for the "firefight" it isn't known if he fired at all (sounds like he didnt based on the article you linked althought the article is a little unclear with
"Sgt. Dean Jantzen said it still too early to confirm whether Adam Brian Purdie shot at the Mountie though "several rounds were fired." i'm not sure if that means the suspect fired the gun in the air or are they referring to the officers shots)
the only thing that was known is that a suspect may have a gun and he fled from police (they didn't even know that an assault rifle was in his lap until after they moved in on the body)
the only suspicious thing that he did prior to hindsight was that he ran from police (the having a gun part may not be illegal at all for obvious reasons)
but again, I don't blame the cop for anything; i'm just saying i wished/hoped for more (maybe unrealistically, but i don't believe so)