28 years. 2nd Dan - Taekwondo. Just about any Martial discipline teaches defense against a knife.
Two officers, one assailant. Mace and batons combined with training - the perp would be injured and arrested. Not dead.
But if the policy is shoot to kill whenever a man with a badge feels 'threatened' - dogs and a lot of innocent people are going to be killed.
INVAR, that’s nice congratulations.
Ever heard of Dan Inosanto, of course you have.
Master Inosanto taught police officers that if you ever get into a conflict with someone with a knife, you WILL get cut and you had better shoot them. Further, he said if you ever confront someone that appears to be a practitioner, you better seriously consider shooting them too.
Further, police academies and agencies have only some much time to devote to self defense and certainly not 28 years to become proficient. The have to work with simple striking and joint lock techniques that don’t require months and months of practice to master. For example, punching a suspect in the face is considered a red zone strike since there is the high likelyhood of serious physical injury or even death in some cases. The use of force matrix does not strictly forbid it but allows it if an officer is assaulted in a similiar fashion.
Again, nothing against your art, but the police use of force experts, many of whom are practitioners, have the real world experience, history and evidence to design techniques that work for police officers.