I thought this article would be relevant given the current political climate. This covers a historical event in which the police were out-gunned and the aftermath playing an important role in the gear-augmentation of police forces.
Or further back in time. "Another reason for the creation of SWAT teams was the fear of lone or barricaded gunmen who might outperform police in a shootout, as happened in Austin with Charles Whitman." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT
It's a series of step functions, ratcheting up the police to handle new worst-case scenarios. And training them to think that anything can be a new worst-case scenarios. Like selling lose cigarettes or potentially using a fake $20.
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Or further back in time. "Another reason for the creation of SWAT teams was the fear of lone or barricaded gunmen who might outperform police in a shootout, as happened in Austin with Charles Whitman." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT
It's a series of step functions, ratcheting up the police to handle new worst-case scenarios. And training them to think that anything can be a new worst-case scenarios. Like selling lose cigarettes or potentially using a fake $20.