[conservatism_IS_compassion]

“Frankly I think they can.
All they have to do is just jump in the cop car and turn on the ignition and lights and siren and drive…
There they are, ready to help, and in position to kill a murderer since no one else was…
Oh one other thing, they can also tell the boss when they get a chance to…” - OKSooner

And if they actually need these SWAT members at another scene?

. . . then they can call them up for emergency duty - given that they were not even on duty at the time.

People being paid to "control the power of the sword” must never be punished for “riding to the sound of the guns.” Certainly not when off duty.

Desperate ills are by desperate measures cured
Or not at all. - Shakespeare

[ltc8k6]

Okay, just don’t complain about the consequences. Take what comes as a result of your decision.