Counterproductive??? Not if you’re after easy revenue and bust stats. Plus, the cops run near zero chance of getting injured in those encounters...
Yes, it is obvious, We The People have put up with servants who seek their own narrow benefit and glory, which ends up being no benefit and no glory because we can’t cheat God. If we cheat God we cheat ourselves.
Well, my answer is what I believe is God’s answer, which is to believe the gospel like we mean it, then to share the miracle which results with everyone else in whatever way God makes possible.