There is a balance somewhere in the middle. I am alarmed at the militarization of our police and showing up to serve warrants with swat teams. Warrants are served on the suspicion that someone has committed a crime. Breaking down doors, tossing flash bang grenades in houses and shooting pets should have no part of serving warrants.
If there is an active shooter situation or a hostage situation, it is perfectly fine to break out the military style gear to keep the police officers safe.
Same here, I am getting worried about those police departments getting extra military equipment bigtime. But also do not want to see a repeat of what was called de-policing like back in the 90’s.
A balance needs to be realized.