“That’s why both of these officers, who had significant time on the job, had never been in a gun battle”
What happened to your BS comment that “These officers, normally assigned to the 42nd Precinct in the South Bronx, have seen more and dealt with more than the average American would see if they lived 10 lifetimes”?
Typically New Yorker, talking out both sides of your crooked mouth.
Oh but they HAVE! ...the latest fashion, broadway shows, the FAAAAbulous museums, but they have a gritty side too. They have RATS, really really big rats! Rats so big they could scare a shi-tzu!
And did I mention the summer heat? Why, it gets so hot they even have to run the air conditioners AT NIGHT!
You gotta be a special kind of tough to live in that kind of environment.