I’ve said for a long time that police shouldn’t be militarized. Give people toys and they will eventually want to play with them. Likewise, get rid of the tactical pants and other gear, and get them back in regular police uniforms.
Ain't that the truth! As a young Captain, I worked at a place then called the Air Defense Board at Fort Bliss. It was the testing agency for new air defense artillery systems in development.
One of my main jobs was giving the informational briefing to nearly all VIPs that visited Fort Bliss. My boss' directive to me was I handled all briefings up to 3 star general and civilian equivalent. He would handle visitors above those grades, but I would be the one handling all questions. It wasn't long before I was nearly able to give the briefings without notes (I always had them for backup, though, I wasn't that foolish).
I was giving these briefings normally 3 days a week. Preparation was easy, as we had our own audio-visual section to prepare the slides and other visual aids.
After 4 1/2 years in Germany, it was a great job. The pace was much slower there, gave us returnees the opportunity to lead a normal life.
What made the job special was that it was the first, and probably only job where I enjoyed implied power from the first day on the job. My boss was my last battalion commander in Germany, and he asked me to go work for him when we were back in El Paso. As luck would have it, we rented our apartments at the same complex.
Having that "power" came with additional responsibility, of course. The last two years in Germany, I was butting heads nearly every day with higher HQ, and I grew weary of the constant battles.
Getting back to the topic, oh yeah, those generals couldn't wait to see those weapons deployed...warts and all...they never had to deal with the damn warts.