Thin Skinned Cops, Numbers Game Policing

 There are people in law enforcement are too thin skinned for the job. They are easily provoked and are clueless about how to de-escalate situations. A good cop knows how to de-escalate situations, and how to properly escalate situations that call for escalation. Some cops are good social workers but lousy cops. They can de-escalate situations but fail to properly escalate situations that call for escalation. Other cops are lousy cops because they are poor de-escalators, or lack the ability to distinguish between when escalation is needed, and when de-escalation is needed. 

Police departments that practice numbers game police work favor the escalator. Thin skinned cops should be a thing of the past. Same for numbers game police work, which unfortunately remains alive and well, completely ignored or unchallenged, or completely off the radar of many clueless police reformers.