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This is not a choice that a citizen is likely ever to make. It is one that officers have made. And they have had to live with the consequences. It is nothing short of choosing between nightmares—you will either live with the consequences of your actions or the consequences of your inaction. You will never know if the other choice would have been better or worse.

Not every police decision involves life or death. The officer needs skills that cover everything from mediation and calming down enraged EDPs to hand-to-hand skills, hand weapons, chemical sprays, and firearms.

Because of the duty to act, officers need skills that rarely enter into civilian self-defense. The things that can be handled with a wristlock or an escort hold are also the situations that a citizen can likely avoid.

Not only do officers need high-end self-defense skills and are more likely to use these skills than most civilians, they need an entirely separate set of skills for defending a third party or breaking up a fight.