What's right about this editorial?  Most cops are good people and deserve honor and respect.  What's wrong with this article?  It misses the point of current policing problems.  We employ police.  We tell them the tactics to use.  We have told them through representatives to be militaristic, to acquire advanced weaponry, to confront citizens and demand instant submission on pain of death.

To solve the problem we need to step back and reflect on how we want police to operate.  Currently, police confront aggressively and thus place themselves in harm's way.  Consequently, police shoot to kill to protect themselves at the first, often misinterpreted, sign of threat.  Once in a while aggressive approach is necessary.  Usually, the matter in question is not so important and it would be better to let the perp go rather than to kill him.   With this change in attitude, police need not recklessly enter into harm's way and shoot to kill without observation, evaluation, and reflection.