Megan - the human psychology is for another debate.
Given, aviators are not the best at dispensing it at times but please let's not cloud the issue here.
Please understand that there is a process to go through and the process should be based on the latest information we have when addressing a safety related incident such as this, which is "Just Culture" (Look it up sometime).
Just culture is not a NO blame game. We all learn from it but we must use the tools avaialble to find the ROOT cause of the problem.
In this instance, it is that a human being miscalculated / misinterpreted their position in space. We cannot then dissect it further by determining if the pilot missed breakfast or had an argument with their partner before leaving for work, or was abused whilst a child. We 'the aviation fraternity' are not in the business of psychological profiling or councilling. If we were, dozens of current pilots would be out of work, I would suggest!.
Once the cause is found, we can then apply just culture to determine the punitive actions. This is where the humanity comes in to compensate for the human factors that caused the problem in the first place.
BUT understand this, the pilot involved must be left in absolutely no doubt that it was they and they alone that caused this accident. Looking for someone else to contaminate (the person who ranged the first helo - is muddying the water). If the 2nd helo was from another police unit, coming for a visit; would they have done the same thing?
Try and move away from: "Society is to blame", often it boils down to an individual who drops the ball for a second. Plain and simple.
Debrief the pilot.
Admonish the pilot.
Educate the pilot.
Fly the pilot.
Bring them down.....................and then rebuild them.