A mentally ill person who tries to kill a deputy is still a threat. You do what you need to do to eliminate the threat. You can come up with all sorts of nonense claiming that "it's not her fault," but fault isn't the issue here. Eliminating the threat IS. There is no reason to exhaust tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars waiting out someone who has proven that she is a potential killer. Offer her one chance to surrender, then take appropriate action. I find it really sad that you starry-eyed dreamers talk of being "civilized." Just last week, one politician in New Jersey claimed that by outlawing the death penalty, the state would be "more civilized." Meanwhile, killers are executing five (?) teens in a Newark schoolyard. Trying to be act civilized toward a cobra just gets you killed. You treat people according to what they have proven they deserve.