Originally Posted by
willie
In my town call volume is so high that if cops worked traffic, then the others have had to take their calls. Likewise, calling for backup puts everybody even further behind. This situation is especially true on the night shift. I see the solution as being more and not fewer officers. In the Atlanta Wendy's shooting, if these officers had called for backup before it got out of hand, perhaps the shooting would not have occurred. However, I suspect that the patrol sgt would have asked them why two officers needed more help to arrest just one guy. And has their not been a stigma attached to calling for backup if some viewed doing so to be unnecessary?