There may be a time where you, a family member, a friend or a coworker, may need those front line officers to have the increased firepower to stop an assailant or assailants armed with assault weapons. I welcome patrol officers carrying them myself.
And when was the last time you heard of those front line officers responding to a citizen's 911 call in time to do anything other than fill out the paperwork and order doughnuts?
The dog population in Miami-Dade will certainly drop now, however, as they seem to be the cop's main targets.