It is always important to deescalate potential conflicts if officers were to never at least try to deescalate anything it would be just anarchy but officers are trained in this and have the skills necessary to handle these kinds of things. At the end of the day one thing to keep in mind is training an effective officer will be able to deescalate a situation based upon how well he is trained not every officer is on the same level of training and knows how to successfully deescalate a situation but good training will teach an officer how to