I think a police pilot, at night with busy tasking and limited endurance, has quite enough to do without fannying around with fuel transfer pumps.
A better design in the first place would have removed the dick-dance required to manage the fuel system
However, following on from wageslave's comments - there is an adage in the instructional world that 'it's the good student that will be the one who tries to kill you'.
Everyone runs out of capacity and talent at sometime and the better skilled and more competent often get themselves into stickier positions before that happens.
Unfortunately, running out of talent for someone who has some is frequently a 'cliff-edge' event rather than a gradual decline, especially if their perception is that they are operating inside their comfort-zone.