Can you cite a piece of police training material that suggests police be sparing with bullets once they commence firing at a target?
Again, to be clear: I think the police should largely be disarmd. I do not think patrol officers should routinely be armed with handguns.
I think it is monstrously silly to suggest that the solution to police shooting problems could somehow involve police being more judicious with the number of shots they take. The problem is the guns, not the way that they're used.
Sorry I wasn't clear enough: once you make the decision to use the lethal force of a gun, you keep shooting, as quickly and accurately as you can, until the threat is over. The only "judiciousness" in this comes in making the decision to start, and to stop after the threat is over, and of course the latter is not always clear.
I misunderstood you, and also wasn't very clear in my comment. You're right: the goal isn't to kill; it's just that no part of the goal involves avoiding killing.
Again, to be clear: I think the police should largely be disarmd. I do not think patrol officers should routinely be armed with handguns.
I think it is monstrously silly to suggest that the solution to police shooting problems could somehow involve police being more judicious with the number of shots they take. The problem is the guns, not the way that they're used.