I understand. Didn't mean to be harsh. I realize there are people out there who don't concern themselves with what weapons the police carry on drug raids. Anyway, I hope the rest of my post helped answer the question.
Handguns were ALWAYS visible but I don't ever recall seeing shotguns, and there was plenty of other police activity we saw in the 18 loooooong years we lived there.
I should count my blessings that I'm not more familiar with what police carry routinely.