I'm not saying that people will disobey the law; I'm saying that mistakes will happen. It's human error.
This constable who made the error, I'm sure lives every day of his life in the horror of this. From crowns we've heard from, including Ms. Irving, they and judges are afraid of the instance where a mistake happens, someone goes out on the street, and it happens again. These are real concerns, and real mistakes can happen. People working on the front line of the justice system understand that and are working hard on that; mistakes still happen despite that fear, despite the hard work of our prosecutors and our judges. In this case I'm sure that particular police officer was working hard that day, but a mistake happened.