Another forgotten issue is that of alcohol and substance abuse. People are so stressed out that they try to reduce the intensity of their sufferings using alcohol in excess and recreational drugs and also many times combining both.
The law enforcement officers should always remember that the persons they are chasing may be drugged up. So then
- Such a person will not easily obey commands.
-They will not even easily understand everything they are told.
- They will argue wrongly.
-They will run without knowing why.
-Every thing about what they do when drugged up will be wrong or not very right and appropriate.
With this in mind, the officers should be more merciful even when insulted, reviled or attacked.
They may not be in their normal senses.
Just as a drunk can say the vilest things when drunk and are excused.
Even if it seems that the suspects in a case are making jest of law enforcement men and women, it should be regarded as substance abuse talk. In this way the police become more merciful in their operations.
Just like a dying man famously said in response to his killers " Father forgive them for they know not what they do"
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