answer:Ultimately, she needs to do whatever will get her over the trauma she experienced. She may have the feeling that this was a flukey incident with someone who is crazy but isn’t likely to repeat, or she may feel PTSD at nearly losing her life and become unable to function like she did. I don’t know why the police would try to talk her out of it, unless they know from experience that the benefit will be less than the effort or they’re negligent. For the former, I think that’s an attorney’s job to assess and make a recommendation. The other thing to remember is that she can always drop the charges later.