Officer Down

Two days ago, a woman 27 years of age getting back home somehow late at night was abducted. The offenders were the public transport driver (the Microbus driver) (17 years old) and one of his friends (21 years old.) The woman screamed for help, a police car responded and gave pursuit. After some American style chase, the police car succeeded in stopping the Microbus. While the police officer was trying to arrest the suspects, one of them managed to take the officers’ gun, shot him as well as a police soldier. The officer died and the soldier escaped with only a wound.
As unusual as this story is (at least for Egypt), its details raised so many questions in my head to what have Law and Order in our country have become. Consider the following:
1) The public transport driver is only 17 years old. Although to obtain a driving license in Egypt one has to be at least 18. How could someone take driving as a profession without a driving license?
2) In his account of the story the police soldier said “I’m not a police man. I’m just drafted for service for 1 year. When the officer told me to chase the criminals, I was really afraid. Also, when the officer told me to arrest the suspects, I did not have any hand cuffs. I tried to use my wool scarf. The offenders escaped me, attacked the officer, got his gun and shot us both.”
3) The officer is 25 years of age while the offender is only 17 and without any prior criminal record. How a young driver could take a trained officer gun and shoot him? Do we have any procedures to arrest offenders?
One conclusion could be made: Our respect for the Law and our Law Enforcement forces are just as poor as anything in this country. We are more or less brought up in an environment where the law is merely a word read in books and papers; without any existence in the real world. As for the police forces, they only bully the helpless. They do not have equipment, staff or training. The elite forces are solely dedicated to protection of the existing regime. But we, the people, we are only protected by untrained soldiers and officers equipped with woollen scarves.