Mark Steyn had a good piece in May that I just found and posted the other day...the title is not what one traditionally thinks about with gun control.
Gun Control:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3179560/posts
From the article by Steyn:
“As I always say in these circumstances, if you need to shoot a schizophrenic, a teenage partygoer, a lame septuagenarian, a confused hobo, etc, etc, etc, you’re doing it wrong. “The book” is the problem. “The book” is what needs to change. Anyone who goes into law enforcement assumes the risk that a traffic stop might turn out to be something more. Mr Tolan, Miss Ramsey and the rest of us should not have to assume any such risk. In routine encounters with law enforcement, a citizen should not have to weigh the likelihood that the officer will decide to shoot him dead. That’s about as basic a standard for civilized society as one can muster.”
Good article. While unarmed law enforcement is useless, I think Britain tries to minimize the number of these incidents by separating cops from paramilitary types; armed cops (who are humans like the rest of us) need to think twice before shooting. It must be difficult as various scenarios play out in their minds, but something must change.