Transcripts for CNN CNN Special Program 20150414 00:10:00 :

force have been used on busy shopping days when there s a risk of cars in the parking lot hitting shoppers outside at a mall, to police the parking lot to make sure pedestrians aren t hit. would you want this guy, a reserve officer having your back in a task force situation? no, i wouldn t. sunny s right, i think the nypd has a particularly good model here, with their auxiliary police department. these are unpaid positions, it doesn t matter what you donate or not. you go through a police academy, and you re used in traffic situations, busy shopping areas. they re not armed, they re usually with an armed regular police officer, i think it s a far better model. you were almost setting yourself up for failure in this situation in tulsa, having a 73-year-old man, however good or bad intentioned, in that kind of situation with a potential gun crime. that was a recipe for disaster. obviously this guy should not