no, the normal expectation would be to know something about firearms and how ineffective that tactic would be:
- this isn't a hollywood movie, where every cop is an olympic level pistol shooter who always hits what he aims at.
- the tires presented a smaller profile than the driver and were obscured by the vehicle - take a tape measure and see how far you are from the front of a
vehicle before you can even see the tires.
- shooting tires out does not stop the vehicle and is not a time sensitive way to end the threat
- bullets ricochet - shooting at tires will result in bullets that miss (and reference the first point - there's a lot, look up the percentage of misses in officer
shootings) and you'll have everyone within 200 yards in danger.