Traffic stops for anybody, can make you or the officer nervous. A police officer’s job is dangerous no matter what, but an officer getting hurt or killed is too scary to fathom. Every traffic stop no matter how simple can take a turn for the worst, there is no such thing as a routine stop anymore. Of course, not everyone who gets pulled over is hiding something, a criminal or being a butthead. But the fear of the stop turning deadly has to be running through their heads as a what if situation and that is why I believe most police officers need to be safe and ready for anything. Of course, that does not mean that they should pull someone over guns blazing but be vigilant, observe and stay calm unless something changes the scenario. Watching the officer in the video, that was shot when pulling over the Cadillac, almost stopped my heart. I could not imagine what something like that happening to me and what he must have been thinking.
