The Ferguson Shooting- preparing for the worse case- When Police go into The Kill Zone

There are few police officers who experience a traumatic killing and then become professors and based on their own and their police colleagues' experiences ...writes a book that puts you in the sights of a perpetrator and the decision making an officer must make before pulling the trigger when he must put his sights on the perpetrator..

"Into the Kill Zone" is such a book by a professor, an ex officer.

First; Ferguson; http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-police-preparing-grand-jury-decision-051622135.html
From above link;

"FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury's decision about whether to charge a white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old in suburban St. Louis.

The preparations are aimed at avoiding a renewed outbreak of violence during the potentially large demonstrations that could follow an announcement of whether Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will face a criminal trial for the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown."

This situation is a good cop's worst nightmare.

A "bad cop" would likely not break the law and murder someone in front of so many witnesses.

This will soon play out ...it will likely not go well regardless of its outcome.

[  My personal perspective on what might fix our broken system is here; http://ourcriminaljusticesystem.blogspot.com/2014/10/paper-required-for-graduate-degree-in.html   ]

This book written from an officer's point of view, I very highly recommend;

Into the Kill Zone: A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force

  

 

from; http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/into-the-kill-zone-david-klinger/1111921125?ean=9780787986032

"Overview

What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation's police officers. Written by a cop-turned university professor who interviewed scores of officers who have shot people in the course of their duties, Into the Kill Zone presents firsthand accounts of the role that deadly force plays in American police work. This brilliantly written book tells how novice officers are trained to think about and use the power they have over life and death, explains how cops live with the awesome responsibility that comes from the barrels of their guns, reports how officers often hold their fire when they clearly could have shot, presents hair-raising accounts of what it's like to be involved in shoot-outs, and details how shooting someone affects officers who pull the trigger. From academy training to post-shooting reactions, this book tells the compelling story of the role that extreme violence plays in the lives of America's cops."

I am recommending this book to all who have an interest in police, self defense and survival.

This book will shed light on the perpetrator's frame of mind, the frame of mind of the armed police or citizen and has actually happened to the L.E.O.s as reported by L.E.O.s to the author of this book, in confidence and trust because he used to be L.E.O. himself... or to the average legally armed citizen. It is a must to the legally licensed citizen who has a Concealed Carry Weapon who usually has no idea that saving one's own life by "stopping the threat" in a lethal situation is just the beginning of the "nightmare". Being "right" is not enough. The justice system can grind innocent people down.