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Can we leave me out of this please.

And evidently most of the rest of the posters on this thread.

And that is probably the best, most reasoned post in the discussion. Whether you think he should or shouldn't have put his life on the line, it's in the past now, I don't think he can now ask others to, when he chose not to.

Yes but that guy once said something racist on camera, so he is EVIL. The WORST crime imaginable.

I'm just glad that you're able to speak for the entire police force.

Well this time he really did have a chance to put his life on the line for his men and for the public, and he chose not to. If I was serving under him then that would answer a lot of questions for me.

Yes, I think being at the top of the tree is the most important thing here. If this was your family being attacked then you would have gone straight in without a second thought. You wouldn't have thought "No point in me being killed as well, I'm better of sorting out the aftermath", would you...

How exactly did he put his life on the line on this particular day?

And this is what is wrong with society today. He is at the top of the tree. He should have put himself on the line for his officers, no questions asked. Leadership. If I was a Met copper I would quit over this. Why should I put myself on the line for the public if my boss wasn’t prepared to do...

Exactly. When you get to a position of real power and no doubt reward, the deal is that when the shit hits the fan you have to put yourself on the line. No doubt you hope that it never happens, but if it does then that has to be the price that you are willing to pay. It's called leadership.