Well, Inspector Carmelita Fox (the gang's on again off again rival/ally) falls more into the latter category and they faced her and lived/escaped many times.
Well, just goes to show how far my knowledge of this goes. But I'm guess that as a cop, the most she wants to do is incapacitate them, not kill them.
Yes, but that doesn't mean she's not willing to push that technicality to the limit.
I suppose.