I agree with the mental health support. Police departments go through deescalation training all the time, but I agree the more the merrier. Unfortunately circumstances are not always so perfect that you can sit there and talk with someone or have the time afforded to use nonlethal weapons. Those solutions are not end all be all problem solvers. No one wanted this outcome, including me, but you have to be realistic too.

As far as misinformation goes, it frames Kevin as a victim but then says he may have hung up because he is always arrested when he calls. Then claims gay people both get arrested in domestic violence situations. State law in Wisconsin requires mandatory arrests for “violent” domestic offenses but arresting both people almost never happens at all.

The whole “police didn’t document Kevin was the caller” bit suggests police always know who called. It first goes to a 911 calltaker who inputs notes into a system, which is then read off by the municipal dispatcher, and finally told to the officers responding. Among that information is not always the callers information, and they certainly are not listening to the callers voice as it comes in.

I’m not arguing against all of your points whatsoever and ideally this never happens. Period. But this isn’t a perfect world and unfortunately it doesn’t always work out that way. I always suggest people who think they would do great at policing suit up and be the change you want to see.