Congratulations!
You've just posted the most idiotic idealistic drivel I've ever read on FR.
Word to the wise: Idealism gets people killed.
Inadvertently, of course, but people still get killed nonetheless.
Are you seriously this detached from reality?
Most of the police work done by my local PD doesn't require firearms, and the locals know it.
They could easily call in some special squad if required.
On the other hand, I have loaned a local cop a towel so he could help animal control pick up a big, wet dog and put it into the animal control truck without trashing his fresh, start-of-shift uniform.
The local didn't shoot the dog. He didn't need his gun at all. He needed a towel or a smock to protect his dry-cleaning.
/johnny