Reminds me soewhat of that nasty joke I heard in the local American Legion as a kid in the Sun Down town I lived in.
It was about the southern sheriff who brought the body of a black man to the coroners office.
After the exam the sheriff asked the coroner, “Well?”
The coroner looks at his report then goes on, “Shot 3 times in the back. Throat slit. Hung at some point. He was also apparently run over, twice.” Sheriff says “Go on.” So the coroner continues, “Ayup sheriff, worst case of suicide I ever saw!”
That was when all the barflies would guffaw and slap their knees at the good jape.
This brings to question training. I had the pleasure of interviewing combat veterans (infantry) from both WWII and Vietnam; who had lots of experience under fire.
Anecdotally and completely unofficially, I got the impression these veterans of much combat had a heightened sense of threat assessment and restraint. Less anxious, if you will. One even said, after a year in combat, his pulse rate barely fluctuated; breathing remained steady when fired upon.
Since then I have often wondered how experienced combat veterans might respond to the threats police receive that sometimes go awry.
This is pure speculation with no real proposal. Just a question.