I agree wholeheartedly with your approach. The point is to protect the officer, but also, first and foremost, to protect the public. And that's the main focus of our intervention model. Whereas you have to factor in, in your arcs of fire, for instance, the risk that if you apply deadly force you have to stop the threat immediately in its tracks and not create additional damage. That is always factored into our decision-making process as peace officers and police officers in these types of interventions.
On February 1st, 2007. See this statement in context.