“It is time to bring back Officer Friendly.”
Officer Friendly is from a different age, which thanks to the progression of cultural Marxism is long gone. He wouldn’t last a shift in the hood. But he still doesn’t need an MRAP.
Well I think most of the cops are officer friendly unless they need to be unfriendly. At least in our area. IMO the problem with all this equipment is that it just makes it too easy to start using SWAT for incidents that you used to send a couple of officers out to a house for. Or even two squad cars. Serving search warrants and even arresting people used to be several cops arriving at the door and serving the warrant. Most people go peaceably.