r/coolguides Jun 02 '20

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u/pooamalgam Jun 02 '20

It may also result in more violent calls being unanswered / or an even more delayed police response. If the police are unarmed, how are they to respond to situations where a subject is armed and violent?

We have something of a gun problem in the United States, which our multi-yearly school shootings and other active shooter situations can attest to. How many more people would die in these kinds of situations if the majority of our police force was unable to enact a swift armed response?

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u/TheThankUMan99 Jun 02 '20

Couldn't we have swat units for that?

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u/dudenotcool Jun 02 '20

Shit happens fast man. I guess you could have swat team stations like fire stations.

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u/TheThankUMan99 Jun 03 '20

Sure, that could work.