Again, I'm looking for the question, but I just want to be clear. “Design threat” is not a term I'm familiar with. You've used it twice, and I just want to be clear about that.
If you're asking about expressions of sympathy, I can tell you, again, that the ability for an officer to de-escalate a situation by a smile, a selfie or a fist bump.... If that achieves a public safety outcome in the moment that the officer feels is reasonable given all the concerns, I've seen that applied over my 35 years in policing in a wide variety of circumstances, so—