Yeah, at CAG, shooting a hostage one time is enough to get you fired. A hostage target. A piece of paper. There's zero reason why a small block of instruction can't include target descrimination and the proper sequence for safely employing force and/or lethal force. My guy offers free classes...free...to all local law enforcement.
No one ever shows up. There has to be a perception that expectations are too low before anyone will even consider pursuing improvements.
I go back to the purpose of this thread...it's not only reasonable but preferable to carry in such condition that the first trigger pull is a single action trigger pull.
I think you hit the nail on the head -- there has to be the standard of and culture requiring superior proficiency and precision, and there simply isn't... Firearms are treated by LE as "big hammer" instead of "threading the needle", perhaps in part due to the way unions defend use-of-force incidents -- if lethal force is justified, any repercussions including from sub-par LE performance (such as shooting bystanders/violating basic rule of firearm safety re: what's beyond target) are the fault of the alleged bad guy(s) who created the incident allegedly necessitating, not LE...
To Condition 1:
If you have a holster that fully covers the safety (to prevent accidental deactivation) and prevents anything from getting between the hammer and firing pin (whether over-garment, flap, etc.) such as branches, leaves, dirt, etc., then I see no issue w/ Condition 1 carry. Military-issued holsters for WW1 and WW2 are a case-in-point of what I'm suggesting may, if not should, be required for general Condition 1 carry.
Personally, and for consistency across firearms, I prefer Condition 2 carry; however, I do also prefer striker-fired guns w/ safeties around the farm/ranch where need is varmints and not bad guys... I'm most often carrying a sidearm around the farm/ranch, while doing pretty much everything including clearing/hauling brush where stuff has worked itself into the holster if not trigger guard and leaving the hammer cocked would most definitely have all sorts of crud working into the hammer notch on the frame... Granted, this is part of the reason I've largely transitioned to chest rig carry (center of chest) versus belt carry for around the farm/ranch, but I still prefer Condition 2 to Condition 1 in the chest position as well.
Basically, most folks I know here in Central TX that carry Condition 1 run 1911s and have for decades, have white collar jobs working behind a desk, live in urban or suburbia environs (meaning highly structured environments), and wear suits or blazers on the daily. That works for them on their day-to-day -- me, not so much.
Point being, conditions in which one might be able to responsibly carry a firearm in Condition 1 are largely personal lifestyle and holster-dependent. And granted, one's definition of "responsible" varies, but I'd define it primarily based upon 1) worst case likelihood of severely injure yourself or others in the manner in which you carry AND 2) protects/maintains your firearm so that it's in a condition where it is certain to go bang whenever you need it to.