You are dispatched to a jewelry store where the suspect has stolen $5,000 worth of jewelry and was last seen heading east on Green Street. The suspect is described as a white male; 6-foot, 5-inches tall; 225 pounds; and muscular. You arrive in the area and see a man matching the description just three blocks from the jewelry store walking east on Green Street. When you pull up to the subject and exit your squad car, the subject runs toward you and shoves you. The subject then starts running away and pulls from his jacket what appears to be a metal pipe. At this point, what would you do?

1. What are TWO options an officer would have at their disposal in terms of responding to this situation?
2. Who will be helped by what I do? Consider the intentions behind the decision you are making. Is your decision based on selfish, self-serving interests, or is it for a greater good?
3. Who will be hurt by what I do?
4. How does all of this look in the long-run as well as the short-run?

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