Police Tough Approach

Winnipeg police appears to be taking no chances with criminals who want to disobey police orders in a confrontational situation. In the past two weeks, two young persons were killed by police in the line of action.

Some people are alarmed by the Police's apparent trigger/taser happy approach these days and feel that Police could do more to handle criminals with knives, than use such strong force that end up killing the criminals. But there is two sides to the issue. If the police does not use tough force and is overtake and killed by the criminal then people will blame police for being too soft with criminals. If your husband/wife was a police officer you would want him or her to do whatever they have to do to protect their lives and return home safely. Police Officers have families too and though their job is riskier than most people we cannot expect them to take unnecessary risk which put their lives in jeopardy. Police officers are trained to use particular kinds of force for particular situations.

Youths have to learn to obey police orders. We hire police to do a certain job and to maintain order. To do so, citizens have to do their part and listen and obey when police tell them to drop their weapon, or lie flat on their face. In that way everyone will be safe. I hope people learn that resisting police orders can cost them their lives life. I hope this is a lesson to those who believe they can resist police orders and walk away every time. You may never walk again.