'Captain' C.W. Jensen?

He wrote this article about shooting people. So thats my 3 cents about the guy.

‘It’s shocking — it’s not like TV’
MY VIEW • Former cop knows only too well how it feels to shoot someone
By C.W. JENSEN Issue date: Tue, Dec 14, 2004
The Tribune
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I read the article by Jim Redden (Shot, handcuffed; who helps? Dec. 7), and was disappointed. Based on my career as a cop, I’d like to offer the following:
When I was a young cop, another officer and I shot and killed a crook who, at knifepoint, had taken an innocent man hostage. In the seconds following our gunshots, I remember a couple of things: the smell of gunpowder, and being totally stunned by what had happened.
I remember screaming to my partner to make sure the hostage was OK. The frightened man was fine, and jumped up and hugged us.
I don’t remember if my revolver was still in my hand.
Another officer began to cry. I wandered around in an awkward circle, unsure of what to do.
But there is one thing I didn’t do. I didn’t check the suspect for first aid — didn’t even think about it for a second. I wasn’t a medical examiner, but I had seen dead people before. I called for an ambulance and waited.
Many times police shootings leave more questions than answers. And the Portland Tribune story quoted people who questioned the officers’ actions after they shot.
Police officials struggle to explain shootings, but since most cops have never had to kill, they are often at a loss for words.
So let me answer the questions of computer programmer Jack Korri and the others quoted in the story. It’s awful. It’s shocking. It’s not like TV.
We’ve all heard of “fight or flight.” It’s an innate human response to danger. For most people, flight is the preferred option. For cops, fight is part of the job.
During a deadly force incident (sounds so clinical, doesn’t it?), when you are about to shoot someone, your body changes. You get tunnel vision, your hearing can get better or worse, adrenaline dumps into your veins, time can slow down or speed up. And most of all, you get very scared that you will die or someone else will die, and it is all up to you.
While I don’t know how stressful programming a computer is, I’m going to guess it’s more stressful to shoot a bad guy.
So trust me on this one. After a shooting, officers are doing the best they can. They are dealing with physiological and emotional responses they’ve never imagined. They are trying to make sure that innocent people are safe. They are thanking God they’re safe or praying for the ambulance to come because they have been shot and are bleeding.
Being a street cop means playing a bizarre lottery every night. The overwhelming chance is that you will never have to pull that trigger, but you never know when you’ll pick the wrong number and be called to make a life-or-death decision.
I live every day with the memory of that experience almost 20 years ago. And other cops who have had to shoot someone tell me they feel the same way.
The officers involved in the recent shootings did a much better job than I did those many years ago. They fought through the shock and tried to help the suspects whose last moment on Earth was spent trying to kill them.
So do me a favor: First, thank God you don’t have the awesome and sometimes deadly responsibility that comes when you pin on a badge and holster your weapon. Then give the cops who do the benefit of the doubt. They are doing the best they can in a moment of time you never want to be a part of.
C.W. Jensen was a member of the Portland Police Bureau from 1978 until this year. For several years, he was a homicide detective and investigated a number of officer-involved shootings. He lives in Northwest Portland.