Probably because they are involved in enforcing state laws concerning the illegal trade in protected Florida species.
This might require them to break into buidlings where suspected contraband and its owners are sequestered.
I haven't ever heard of any violent confrontations in those situations however, most of these people, or all of them, are White Collar Criminal types.
This shows that a gun in the hands of a cop is more dangerous than in the hands of a law-abiding citizen.
They should call the local half-assed JBT's to perform this action for them, not be quarter-assed trained to do it themselves.