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Vol Texan wrote:
I do appreciate your comment, but I intentionally avoided that question - since I don't want this to become another 'us vs. LEO' thread. But, I do have to challenge one statement: they volunteered as well.

True enough..
They volunteered to apply for the job.
.. BUT were hired, are paid to engage in those activities and be placed in those situations as a condition of employment.

Perhaps the question should be..

"But why the extra protection for them?"

And an answer might be:
Because they were hired to do that job, you the CHL'er volunteered. The LEO is required under the terms of their employment to go out each day and purposely place them self in those difficult situations, making life and death decisions... You the CHL'er volunteered to do the same.

That is just one possible answer... and that said.... I do not agree that officers are not held responsible necessarily, I do agree they are held accountable in a much different way, by different rules and standards then you or I would be in the same situation.