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By your logic, if any criminal ever fires a RPG at a police car, it makes sense for them to upgrade all police cars across the country to Strykers.
by gav 14y ago
By your logic, if any criminal ever fires a RPG at a police car, it makes sense for them to upgrade all police cars across the country to Strykers.
- ceejayoz 14y agoHardly. Cops today still don't generally go after routine criminals with a full SWAT team and getup. They're usually 1-4 men with vests and pistol/shotgun. When there's a known/probable gunman, it's prudent to take extra precautions - larger team, better armor, weapons that'll work if the criminal's wearing his own armor. No sense getting killed in a shootout that was predictable. If people start running around with RPGs, I'd expect reports with gunmen waving rocket launchers to be met with armored vehicles and the like. Luckily, this doesn't seem likely.
- betterunix 14y ago"Cops today still don't generally go after routine criminals with a full SWAT team and getup" http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/overkill-rise-paramilitary-police-raids-america http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/overkill-rise-p...