"The chief has told the (association’s) executive board that this is the direction police are moving nationally." True or not makes no difference here. 

Each and every law enforcement situation demands [sometimes according to law] that incidents be dealt with accordingly and not by some supposed cookie cutter fashionable direction. Secondly, there are several reasonable questions [the letter outlines] here that must be answered. Just how many unwritten/ Eugene political city policing policies is the command staff hiding or not talking about? This is just one more reason for lawful citizens to own a firearm and even have their CWP. Clearly by this action no one should count on law enforcement to there in a time of need.

I support EPD and there efforts to address their legitimate concerns.