You and your patrol car partner receive a Code‐3 dispatch “ Officer down and needs help.” You’re driving and decide on a hairpin route, but much shorter in time. It is a narrow, one‐lane road with a rock wall on your right and a 100‐yard sheer drop on the left side. At your best speed practical and with all due regard to the environment, you round a curve with a little child is playing in the road. There isn’t time to brake!

Your options are:

· to stay on the road, strike and kill the six‐year‐old, or

· veer left, lose your life, and kill your partner.

Questions to address in your post:

· What are the competing rights in this scenario?

· What are the three ways to cope with competing rights and which one must be used in this circumstance?

· What will you do and why?