Next, the police will want armoured cars and tanks! The police are not being taught how to de-escalate situations. You don't de-escalate using force, violence and threats. Violence begets violence. Police are seeing everything as a threat to their life and limb. How often do we hear the bad guys are better equipped? What ever happened to using their brains first? There are ways of dealing with armed thugs and drug addicts with out shooting first.
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Some great points @cecicastor. It does make me wonder about the extent to which negotiating and cooperation is taught (if at all) in recruit training now. With comments like "get over it" coming from senior members, I can take a stab - so to say - at an answer.
The police there don't already have APCs and tanks?
How do you deescalate when someone starts driving a van into a crowd?
And you would you a tank in this situation? What about the innocent collateral damage? These people have been on the radar, why weren't they take out before they drove the van into the crowd?
I think that is what makes you and I different, my friend. There are more peaceful ways to deal with violence. Violence only begets more violence. I choose a more peaceful path.
No, I wouldn't. I have been facet to face with a weapon on several ocassions and I did not need a tank to disarm the person.
I didn't say "need" I said want and that was only because you didn't have one handy. The tank is the peaceful path, the knife wielder is safer because the people who have to deal with him are safe from him. police tanks are typically outfitted for defensive use. except that one janet reno had.