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In Salt Lake City, the City Council — and not a few members of the public — aren't too crazy about the number of people — and dogs — that have been killed by police officers lately. It's not a lot. Unless you or a loved one was one of them. But, still.

— Salt Lake City Council questions chief on police shootings — Christopher Smart | The Salt Lake Tribune

"It's a split-second decision for law enforcement – when to pull the trigger – it can mean life and death for a suspect or a police officer.

"With the recent deaths of unarmed Dillon Taylor, 20, and a 2-year-old Weimaraner named Geist as background, the Salt Lake City Council on Tuesday asked Police Chief Chris Burbank if his officers were getting enough training on the use of lethal force.

"The tension was palpable and the temperature high, helped along by over 50 Salt Lake City police officers who packed into the council's afternoon work session. ..."

— Salt Lake Police must be comfortable with oversight — Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

"It is not always possible, of course, but the ideal in any situation involving potential conflict is to ratchet down the tension well before fists are thrown, bullets are fired or political lines are drawn in a way that makes further rational conversation impossible.

"The leadership and rank and file of the Salt Lake City Police Department are the trained professionals in such tension-reducing tactics. So, even if they understandably don't think it is altogether fair, the fact is that it will be incumbent upon those officers to show a lot of understanding and patience with members of the public — and their elected representatives — as questions are asked about the use of deadly force by those same police officers. ..."

— Soldier fatally shot on Parliament Hill — The Star, Toronto, Canada

— Standing ovation for man who shot Ottawa gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau — The Telegraph, London, U.K.

"Canada's parliament reopened Thursday and gave a hero's welcome to Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers, who a day earlier had put aside his ceremonial duties to draw a gun and take down an assailant. ..."

There is also, apparently, a big difference between the way American journalists, especially the TV kind, cover shootings and how their Canadian cousins handle such things. As someone who got to watch a lot of CBC News programming during four otherwise misspent years right across the border in Buffalo, N.Y., I concur.

— We await further developments — Charles P. Pierce | Esquire

"A lot has been made of the contrast between how the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation handled the events yesterday in Ottawa, and how our own cable news networks handle practically everything. In brief, the difference was roughly the difference between the morning edition of The Times Of London and a tornado siren. However, one of the more startling things about CBC's coverage has gone largely unnoticed.

"When there stopped being news, the CBC News stopped covering the story and cut away to its regular daily programming. It happened so quickly that it caught me by surprise. One minute, there was anchordude Peter Mansbridge, who's now the guy I want at the desk when the Last Trumpet blows, telling us what we knew and (most important) what we didn't know. And the next, we were back to its being a Wednesday afternoon and 'Today, in Alberta...'

"Imagine that. ..."