A state trooper killed earlier this month after an early morning highway chase was shot twice with his own weapon, a prosecutor said Wednesday."Takeaway" shootings like this were the stated rationale for the initial federal grant to Sandia Labs to develop so-called "smart guns." As predicted, cops quickly got themselves exempted from any such requirement, and if the damned things ever are put on the market, only citizens will be forced to jeopardize their lives with mandated gadgetry.
The most effective solution to such incidents (from my interview with Ken Good in the above-linked "smart gun" article):
"If a weapon is taken from an officer, I personally believe it is primarily a training issue. Most folks seem to try and solve most tactical problems through some sort of hardware improvement without looking at the core system. The human operator should be the primary system to be improved upon. Many departments are dangerously low in their delivery of ongoing advanced officer training. If an officer cannot be trusted to deploy and keep his or her weapon, please don't give them one in the first place!"