Heck, law enforcement has to be so afraid of litigation with every move they make, it's a darn wonder that laws get enforced at all. Every move is scrutinized to such an extent that an officer has to be basically psychic to KNOW what is the best move to make when everything happening NOW with split second decisions will be scrutinized after the fact in slow motion with 20-20 hindsight. In a stress filled incident where your life may be on the line, you are expected to be omniscient and absolutely 100 percent correct with every decision made under those circumstances. Or you get sued, lose your job, or even your own dignity from being humiliated because you made a decision that some attorney somewhere might think you should have made differently with the benefit of hindsight and an objective view.
I sure as hell wouldn't want that kind of a job. And probably more and more people think the same way, making it harder and harder to get good quality people willing to take it on.
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