Context is a fair point. Interestingly enough, they are all beating the "terrorist" drums at your local regime. > I'd personally want the cops to look like tha

Context is a fair point. Interestingly enough, they are all beating the "terrorist" drums at your local regime. > I'd personally want the cops to look like that if there was a nutter on the loose with a machine gun. Here is the point: Physical protection of police personnel does not invariably require 'psychological intimidation' aesthetics. Your "lone nutter" is by your description already nuts and has already crossed the line, so what's the point of dressing up in storm trooper outfits?