Allow me to tell you about the leader of my department's SWAT team.
He is Sergeant Arthur S. He is a Vietnam vet, shot in the leg there. He is the yahoo that got the assignment to storm a house where a friend of the chief was holed up with a gun several years ago. He got shot in the chest for his service...he was saved by his vest. The shooter's life was saved. He is an ARMY Reserve platoon leader who was plopped in the middle of the Iraqi desert in 91 for six months doing recon. He was next to that huge ammo dump that got blown up with all those bad chemicals that gave a lot of guys 'syndromes'. He never got sick or complained. He just got back from Iraq again. He was doing house raids in Bahgdad searching for members of the '52' and their followers and weapons. Shot at every day for several months. He's still a little shook, but he'll be allright. He is the nicest guy you'd ever meet. He's my hero. And he's a guy who you all would like to have here on FR.
Their not all the same, cops.