Yes, I will leave P1 there to take hits until P1 gets killed or the cop gets killed.
All the excess life energy from the last game evaporated when the game ended; new game - new start for the players (except for those who won permanent items). If there were not so many permanent items, I would have given all players some sort of starting weapon (as I did years ago when I began these games), but since the team already starts out with quite a good arsenal, those with weapons can protect the team long enough to search and find items. In order to make the games challenging, yet fun, there needs to be a fine balance between being too easy and too difficult. There is no fun if there is no risk. It is the risk that creates the excitement.