Current law gives law enforcement too much latitude in the use of deadly force. Officers of the law should be held accountable when deadly force is used inappropriately.
While estimates on civilians shot by police is unclear,
"[s]everal independent trackers, primarily journalists and academics who study criminal justice, insist the accurate number of people shot and killed by police officers each year is consistently upwards of 1,000 each year" ("Washington Post: How many police shootings a year? No one knows").
If an officer of the law knows there will be serious and unswerving consequences to unjustified use of a deadly weapon, shootings of civilians will become less likely and trust can be improved between citizens and law enforcement agencies.