What's that supposed to mean? Are more heavily armed criminals being arrested or just appearing??
Oh well, can't let facts get in the way. We need more of this militarization of the local cops like an Eagle Scout needs a machine pistol sprayed in his face during a traffic stop. I'd feel safer if we just canned the SWAT business in this country. In a country with our constitution, law enforcement is a reactive gig by mandate, not a preventive or deterent force. They need to let the crime occur and then go fill out the paperwork to give the judge to allow them to go arrest the person who committed the crime. Police who try to do otherwise only serve to toss matches at an open can of gasoline surrounded by a Cubscout Troop.