An officer-involved shooting happens tonight at 8:00 PM. How long before you can publicly state what happened — with enough confidence that it won't change?

It's the first 24 hours after a critical incident. Is there a single named person who decides what gets released to the public — and does everyone in your command already know who that is?

Have your internal investigations, criminal investigations, PIO, and training staff ever sat in one room and walked a critical incident from the first radio call to the final public release — start to finish?

Have your city council or county commission members ever sat through formal training on what separates reasonable force from unreasonable force?

A critical incident hits and the investigation is still days from done. How many of your elected officials would publicly comment before a single interview is complete?

A critical incident happens and the investigation just started. How many of your elected officials would publicly comment before a single interview is complete?