It was even worse.  Mr. Babb was on the phone with his counselor and the police "cut off" that call so they could "take care of the incident".....they did, of course, by escalating the confrontation using paramilitary tactics.  The police, at any level of the incident, could have worked to "de-escalate" things, they chose not to.  IMO,The entire event could have been resolved w/o Mr. Babb's death had the police been better trained to deal with PTSD veterans ( they knew he was one) and, therefore, not taken the path virtually guaranteed to lead to Mr. Babb's death.  Don't forget, central to the entire incident, is their "blowing off" his personal counselor who was on the phone working to de-escalate things (Mr Babb had already agreed to an appointment w/her the next day) ....she was a person Babb trusted and the police intentionally and knowingly terminated her involvement.  Gary Crum