I think the LEO argument for requiring firearms for safety is weaker than the public's interest in encouraging the social and strategic/tactical training police

I think the LEO argument for requiring firearms for safety is weaker than the public's interest in encouraging the social and strategic/tactical training police need to get to a point of operating functionally, which, to me, would necessarily involve a reduction in the necessity for carrying, drawing, and firing a service weapon. They may not like what they'd have to do in lieu of just shooting an alleged suspect, but that's different from it being less effective.