Volunteer Officers Killed in NY - It wasn't necessary

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Those volunteer officers were indeed very brave. They were patrolling the streets, in uniform, UNARMED. From what I gather that was a department policy.

How can ANY department in good faith put officers out on the streets UNARMED. What a load of crap!! NYPD is one of the finest departments in the country. That being said, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

I'm ticked. The audacity to convince those officers that walking the streets on patrol without a gun was a good idea. Where is the sanity in that? Don't give me the liability bull****. You don't want liability then train them.

I think I saw somewhere in the article that they have 4500 volunteer officers in the department. You want liability? How about the liability of putting those officers out on the streets without the tools to protect themselves and the public. How many people could have been saved had they been armed? We'll never know.

Contrast this story with the one in Utah where the armed off duty police officer stopped an active shooter.

I repeat. Those officers did not have to die. They didn't have a fighting chance and that was just plain wrong.

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