The article is mostly about these trends coming to small-town America, not crime-ridden inner cities. If crime rises to the level where these measures become a

The article is mostly about these trends coming to small-town America, not crime-ridden inner cities. If crime rises to the level where these measures become a necessity in certain areas I can understand that. But normalizing these policies as typical day-to-day operations of officers nationwide regardless of local circumstances is unhealthy, they've been needlessly militarized too much already.