Maybe I was over generalizing a bit, or didn't clearly state what I meant.
I'm actually quite convinced that police officers often do use deadly force based on protocol, and that is what allows fatal shootings to occur in situations that could have been resolved without the use of deadly force.
That's not allays the case, but there are many other ways to take a suspect than by killing him. FWIW, SEAL team 6 could have taken Osama bin Laden alive, if they had not been following protocol(or a higher directive(that ones debatable)).
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