Yes, the local LEO are not so hog-tied by bureaucracy and will react with an arsenal they’ve been itching to use.
I’m lucky, the town police and the county sheriffs here are not itching to kill anyone. Very professional. Last year they tried to wait out a suicidal vet a couple of blocks from here who was shooting repeatedly at them. Waited about 20 hours while the neighborhood was locked down. Told him several times during the night that they were coming in to arrest him. But they didn’t. He finally shot himself unfortunately.
Can’t say that I would have had that kind of patience.
Not sure about that. I called once in my life and a local field office agent called me back. He was more interested in talking about my driver’s license photo and where I lived. Freaked me out. I’ll never call that agency again.