Police

Highly trained
To de-escalate
High tension
Run-ins, the police must
Make split-second, fast
Decisions on life and death,
No job for innocent civilians.
Police reactions must be
Reasonable as judged
By other similarly
Trained persons
Who are able
To review &
Comprehend
What happened.
Now there is a change
Proposed; to make reviews
Based on, if necessary force
Was used, as judged by civilians
Who have no idea the stress
Of split-second decisions
By police professionals
Who risk their lives
Daily hoping never
To have to make
Split-second
Decisions.
Better
To use
Reasonable
As judged by
A review board
Of their peers than
Someone’s idea
Of necessary
Whose idea
Of a stress
Split
Second
Decision is
Tea or coffee.