Don't Stick Your Head in the Sand
It's called risk management for a reason / Officer.com, April 24, 2008
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Leadership/Dont-Stick-Your-Head-in-the-Sand/16$41130
Just about everyone that has anything to do with law enforcement knows that it is a risky profession, and that we need to take steps to reduce that risk. But that is where the agreement ends. Exactly what is risky, and how risky is it? What things are riskier than others? How much importance should we place on certain risky activities, and how many resources should we expend in our collective attempt to manage our risks? Should we only do things that will totally do away with certain risks, or should we take incremental steps? What happens if, on the way to reducing one risky thing, we create another? How culpable are we if that happens? What if we just do nothing, and trust to luck?