None of these articles discuss the effects of the rounds downrange after they pass through the perp. It’s wasted energy and in an urban environment endangers innocent people. Which is why the police don’t use .357.
The entire modern ammo industry is trying to reproduce what the 357 magnum 125 grain hollow point was doing 50 years ago. There are many reasons cops moved away from wheel guns but the ammo wasn’t one of them.
Highway patrol cops were big fans of .357, precisely because it has the penetrating power to go through a car door and still take down the bad guy inside the vehicle.
Good point: public safety.