No, we don't. For comparison, in Germany, a slightly larger country, where officers are armed, less than one officer per year died in the past decade: https://

No, we don't. For comparison, in Germany, a slightly larger country, where officers are armed, less than one officer per year died in the past decade: https://www.dw.com/en/two-german-police-officers-killed-by-fleeing-murder-suspect-in-brandenburg/a-37749390 https://www.dw.com/en/two-german-police-officers-killed-by-f... If officers don't engage because they are insufficiently equipped, you effectively have less policing. Less policing causes more violence and more deaths. "Stop and frisk" works: https://www.npr.org/2012/05/15/152764402/stop-and-frisk-works-but-its-problematic?t=1591702388939 https://www.npr.org/2012/05/15/152764402/stop-and-frisk-work... Knife crime in the UK keeps going up... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42749089 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42749089 ...as a result of literally defunding the police: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/02/criminals-going-unpunished-because-of-cuts-says-police-chief https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/02/criminals-go...