Thats not a concern AT ALL since neither he nor his dept/officers will get there IN TIME to do anything!!!
Really? Even having lived in Utah for a year, to the best I can gather the LEO types there are no more "shooters" than the LEO types in MA and train about as much. With a few exceptions of course.
Who the hell knows until it happens??? My answer would be "about as good as any of his officers" because, more than likely, we have each faced an active shooter scenario the exact same number of times, ZERO.
We are not talking about a kid being some rambo and actively running around trying to pursue/stop a shooter, we are talking about individuals having the option to save their own lives and those of the people immediately around them.
Kind of a small minded statement!
Because I'm 23 I'm excused from any stupid behavior? I'm automatically "young and dumb" and that explains any actions I take or prescribes the exact actions I will take in some scenario? Firearms owners and especially those that carry need to be at a certain level of maturity whether they are 18 or 40. This "young and dumb" BS is silly talk. What age group fights our wars? College kids are not young, if they act like idiots its because they were raised as such, not because they are young. Before the liberalization of our society, kids had long since "grown up" by the time they were 18.
Back on topic. This is often a point of contention with some but the armed citizen is NOT generally geared to actively go after an attacker. Its one thing if the shooter walks into the room you are in or you get a good opportunity from your position of cover/concealment but its quite another to "play SWAT". Our load outs are DEFENSIVE. The mistaken identity on the part of the PD is a potential problem BUT these types of encounters happen so quickly that its not likely to matter much. As I said in the beginning, odds are the cops are not even there yet, these things happen in seconds. Even if they are there, you are likely in a position of cover; if you get a shot, you kill the guy and the job is done. We are not talking about waving guns around here or holding people at gunpoint or anything like that.
Look at the stats, the time scales on which defensive pistols are used are seconds to 1 or 2 min, start to finish. Compare to police response times. Let me know what comes first.