Is a cop allowed to down someone for his own safety?

[Spuddywuddy]

This happened to me a couple of times already. I'm approaching a fight between cops and 'criminals' because one of my bounties is there, or sometimes it's not even a fight yet but a stand-of. I make sure my bounty hunter licence is showing and then some random ass cop downs me (without initiating) and goes, "it was for my own safety". Now to be frank i find this bullshit. Cops should not be above the law. If i down a cop - or anyone for that matter - 'for my own safety', it's called rdm and i risk getting banned but a cop seems to be above that rule. Not to mention i lose my BH gun + licence when i down a cop.

So my question is, can a cop just randomly down civilians (bounty hunter or not) for their own safety?

[Brendon Smith]

If there in a active fire fight doesn't matter cop or crim if they feel your a threat they can (From past experience) 

[Reapered]

If they give you an order to leave and you don't comply with the officer yes they can down you.

But like i said, they have to use their voice to tell you to specifically leave the area or HQ before they down you.

[eleec]

If they do that without any initiation then go head and make a RDM report and admins will look into it.

But dont forget; if there is a firefight happening and you appear lookin like for a side you might get shot.