I had never heard this phrase before this class. When I saw this was question I was very interested to know the answer. One of our classmates, Cory, first explained this in his post to the discuss board, this is when it made complete sense to me. However, I feel this is a cop-out by the victim and it puts the officers in a horrible position. Within seconds they must assess the situation, decide if this is truly a threat against them and others, or a suicidal victim; all along deciding what type force must be used to save everyone they can. They are doing all of this, while they are negotiating with the victim, or so called victim when in actuality the victim here is the police, as they are being set up by the suicidal person. Wow, this is mind
