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Police officers "shoot to stop" which at ten or more metres is single carefully aimed shots at the chest. If the threat remains then headshots will be necessary to stop the threat. At seven metres and less the threat is engaged with two shots using sense of direction ie. both eyes open not using the sights of the gun. If headshots are used where they are not required it is quite literally overkill and unless there was a genuine belief that they were necessary to stop the threat. Sect 3 Criminal Law Act 1967, Common Law, Sect 117 PACE 1984 and Article 2 ECHR Human Rights Act 1998 make for good bedtime reading.