@chongli This is very true, the "warrior mindset". It's the prevailing mindset, to a certain extent, with the Australian police too. As an example, drink-drivin

@chongli This is very true, the "warrior mindset". It's the prevailing mindset, to a certain extent, with the Australian police too. As an example, drink-driving ads in Australia typically feature a stern face behind a pair of ray-bans and a message to the effect that the police are going to be hunting the civilians. "You're in our sights". "Stop it or cop it", etc. Very divisive, and bound to encourage the warrior mentality in a certain proportion of the police force. This separation of police and civilian is the core of the problem. The citizens of a country need to be able to perceive members of the police force as "one of us", rather than "one of them". In some countries the only real obstacle to reaching that point is that some people won't strictly adhere to a policy of de-escalation. In other countries there are of course far bigger, institutional, issues at play.