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Originally Posted by amexsbow
As far as the above suggestion let us be practical. A police officer carries, a gun&holster/ extra clips of ammo&holster, handcuffs&holster, radio&holster, and in addition you want him to carry a taser&holster and pepperspray&holster.
Do people really believe any person is capable of carrying all of this equipment on his person and being able to function? In addition at night he has to carry a flashlight.
In addition to being required to carry a specific amount of equipment the law enforcement agencies today have been inundated with lawsuits to be "inclusive" as a result physical standards have been reduced to a point of ridiculousness. You now have officers who are not physically able to restrain an average criminal. Add to this the lack of personnel and the rise of "one-person" cars responding to calls has shown an increase in officer injuries and officer shootings.
Speaking from experience as a retired L.E.O. commander I can attest to the fact that physically incapable officers who get into dangerous situations are more likely to use their weapon or have their weapon taken away from them and injured or killed with their own weapon.
Just as in sports, it is always easier to play the game from the sidelines and second guess the actions by others after the fact.
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I agree with most of what you are saying. I would add that it all comes back to Police budgets, which have been lowered through the years because of Federal and state taxes that have become more flat tax. Which are voted on by the upper 10% for the improvement of the upper 10%, not to improve the Police or America in general.