Peter Moskos : Reserve cop , 73 , meant to use a Taser on a man , but shot him dead instead . Comment: He says the man may have bought his way in with donations to police . Cops are , and should be , wary of those a little too eager to be police . Moskos : Right approach is unarmed auxiliary cops , like in NYC , volunteering as a way to connect public to police .
Peter Moskos : Reserve cop , 73 , meant to use a Taser on a man , but shot him dead instead . Why was a volunteer cop witha gun in a violent crimes unit ? He says the man may have bought his way in with donations to police . Cops are , and should be , wary of those a little too eager to be police . Moskos : Right approach is unarmed auxiliary cops , like in NYC , volunteering as a way to connect public to police .