Playing cops and robbers is generally going to copy the social perception of cops and robbers. You can consider this game tasteless, but if it were wholly off

Playing cops and robbers is generally going to copy the social perception of cops and robbers. You can consider this game tasteless, but if it were wholly off the mark it wouldn't work as a cops and robbers game. The game developers aren't the ones who gave the police military hardware in the first place. Would be interesting to make a UK version of this where almost none of the cops are armed and if anyone shows a gun in public, the police pull back and wait for the trained snipers to arrive and surround the area. To make it properly realistic you could even divide the takings between both sides at the end of each level.