Dallas Officer Delays NFL Player as Relative Dies

It seems like you hear more and more about police officers making more and more mistakes in the line of duty. These people are suppose to our protectors and our “watchmen”, not the ones that hurt us. I was reading a story today about a Dallas, TX police officer Robert Powell that stopped Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats' in a local hospital parking lot for supposedly rolling through a red light. Moats exited the vehicle exclaiming that his mother in law was inside the hospital dying and that he had to get into the hospital immediately to be by her side.
Now I’m no police officer, but I am a compassionate person. Most people in this situation would find that letting this man hurry to the hospital room to spend time with his dying mother in law during her last few moments on earth. Officer Powell did exactly the opposite of what most people would do. Powell immediately became very controlling and pointed his firearm both at Moats and his wife as his wife left the vehicle and ran inside the hospital to be by her mother. There is nothing more that irritates me is when an officer pulls his weapon on someone that is obviously not carrying a weapon. Accidents happen all of the time with loaded weapons, and officers are not immune to such accidents.
This particular officer has had some issues in the past, giving the Dallas police department some bad PR. During his 3 years with the force officer Powell has received complaints and corrective action for violation of the department's sick leave policy and for failing to contact a supervisor. I think that the Dallas police force made a good decision on taking Moats’ side of this whole ordeal. "I think even someone who has never been through police training should know how to handle this incident. This is an area of common sense," Dallas police chief David Kunkle said. A good example public relations taking place in the police force.