Use of Force

In response to “Police Training Is Focus After Driver’s Slaying,� Feb. 11, two points of comment:

It was never mentioned in related articles if police on the scene for Tyisha Miller on Dec. 28 ever considered the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning as to the reason she was unresponsive. She was sitting in an idling car.

The above-mentioned case as well as the Rodney King case and the recent case in New York involving the African immigrant point to the need for our society to reevaluate the use of deadly force by police officers. Does every officer on the street need to be armed with a 15-shot semiautomatic handgun or a revolver?

We complain that our society is becoming increasingly violent. Let us fix this dilemma by using our government to show leadership. There is no reason why we cannot disarm 75% of our street officers of their handguns (leave shotguns in the trunk) and rearm them with video cameras. The best solution to solve the problem of excessive use of lethal force is to remove or severely limit its use as an option.

DONALD MAYER

Huntington Beach