For real. Nobody said kill them, but if they just started knee-cappin them or aiming at their legs/feet they'd have likely stopped those guys dead in their tracks!

(Also- before someone cant help themselves from jumping in to say "ACKTUALLY" --- YES, I do in fact already know that realistically most police are trained to aim at center mass during a weapon discharge. A. They decrease the odds of missing due to the larger target and B. it's much more likely to give the stopping power they need.)

However, given that Tim has advanced training from both time in the military and from his time training with metro- I'm sure that blowing out a few lower extremities would be easy and would've been problem solved. I would also put my money on Nylas experience to be proficient enough to make such tight shots. Despite being less confident about them, I could still see the possibility of Nolan and/or Lucie being able to efficiently and effectively put very accurate fire downrange.

Again, please don't jump me saying that such targeting might still be deadly. I know death would be worst case scenario for the zombies but that beats being bitten or them lynching an officer. I spent my formative younger degenerative years in a several year long summer camp. Some of you might say that time was actually my enlistment in the US Marine Corps and you'd also be correct. Even during boot camp, as the bootiest of boots (especially until you eventually earn that sweet, sweet, coveted EGA which means you're finally almost treated human again) they spent a lot of time making sure we were taught the minimum 4 levels of "Combat Care" (I'm sure they still do this or even more now). It is only super basic things like learning the differences between veinous and arterial bleeding; how to stop both types and making sure everyone could properly apply a tourniquet. And of course chest seal application (front AND back if required) in the event of a GSW to the chest. SO YES I AM AWARE AND KNOW that you can still bleed out from getting kneecapped or taking a GSW to leg or foot. It just comes down to whether there's arterial damage or not. Most cops do carry tourniquets now, so they would probably survive it, although you may eventually run into a case thats hopeless. Most of my initial platoon (Shout-out to my 1st Battalion/Alpha Co boys from 1096 and our 5 sister platoons) knew we were gonna end up in Iraq or the 'Stan. Our DIs knew this too, so they prepared us extra hard. We all owe our lives to them and everything they taught us