. >> narrator: we brought these critiques to theirector of utah's post program, scott stephenson. >> is it possible that by training with worst-case scenarios, cadets go out into the field with a heightened sense of paranoia, seeing threats where there might not actually be threats? >> i think it is a valid observation. but i do not believe so. how would you want us to train? if... if those situations are so infrequent, do you want somebody go in, going in without any type of experience at all? and if so, how do you expect them to perform? we put officers in, in ugly situations, we really do. and then we expect it to be perfect every time. if i can teach them in that situation where the potential outcome is a shooting, then maybe they'll try to avoid it. (man shouts) (guns firing) >> narrator: of the 226 shootings we examined, 107 involved at least one officer who had graduated from post five years earlier or less. post director scott stephenson said that kind of statistic needed further investigation. >> one, i want to know each situation. i want to know if it was a, a poor choice,

. >> narrator: we brought these critiques to the director of utah's post program, scott stephenson. >> is it possible that by training with worst-case scenarios, cadets go out into the field with a heightened sense of paranoia, seeing threats where there might not actually be threats? >> i think it is a valid observation. but i do not believe so. how would you want us to train? if... if those situations are so infrequent, do you want somebody go in, going in without any type of experience at all? and if so, how do you expect them to perform? we put officers in, in ugly situations, we really do. and then we expect it to be perfect every time. if i can teach them in that situation where the potential outcome is a shooting, then maybe they'll try to avoid it. (man shouts) (guns firing) >> narrator: of the 226 shootings we examined, 107 involved at least one officer who had graduated from post five years earlier or less. post director scott stephenson said that kind of statistic needed further investigation. >> one, i want to know each situation. i want to know if it was a, a poor choice,