Here are our police general orders. If not followed for specific circumstances we risk being held liable, personally and the town.


And of course, our medical bible. These, if not read word-for-word, literally, we are also held liable.


I understand what you guys are saying that "just because the 'telephone operator' told him not to approach him doesn't mean he shouldn't have", not only are we required to say things such as that, but there is a method to the madness believe it or not. Had he listened to the dispatcher, he would not be on national news right now and being charged with murder. Could the kid have actually had a gun? Sure, happens all the time, but guess what? The dudes in blue I work with are highly trained, armed, and prepared to deal with such circumstances, not a fat community watch handcranker. I know adrenaline is a funny thing, I deal with it all the time, and half the time people don't listen anyways, but after the countless legal classes I've taken for my job, we say these things for a reason. If half the people I talked to on a regular basis just breathed, and listened, it would make their lives much easier.