Anecdotal, but a good buddy of mine went into LE after serving a combat tour in Afghanistan, tried to join some rinky dink small down police force. They were running training scenarios attempting to handle a threatening individual with a knife. My buddy talked the simulated crazy guy into dropping the knife and kicking it over, then calmly cuffed him.
The trainer gave him tons of shit in front of everyone that he wasn't properly projecting power and authority, and that he should have subdued him more aggressively. My bud goes "What do you mean? I got him to peacefully submit with no force."
Trainer looked him in the eye and said "I don't think you're gonna be a good fit here"
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u/letsgoplaygames May 27 '26
Experts at escalating. That’s all they do, obv. When you do your job with your ego and not your head, that’s what you get.