Those all sound like good ideas. This is even more necessary than before, due to the homeless congregating in most large cities. Many of these people have untreated diseases.
Some of them may resist arrest, get into fights and other physical struggles. Making it all the more likely some germ, virus or colony of bacteria will be transferred to the officer.
ABSOLUTELY this is a good idea. I wonder what took so long. Giving cops guns isn’t enough. Now they need protection from the diseases of the perps.
Transferred to the officer and his family.....and then to the rest of us.
If only we could solve the homeless problem, rather than having to treat symptoms of the problems such as what’s mentioned here, everyone would be better off.