If I have to give an answer... only in cases where they are walking into a situation where violence is already happening. Maybe?
People fighting.
Domestic violence calls.
Fighting involving weapons.
I'm sure there's other things that might fall into this category.
I could imagine either a dedicated group who ONLY exist for those types of calls OR a rotating duty schedule where the people don't have to constantly be "on" for those types of calls with a completely different set of equipment.
Everything else... probably doesn't need a responder who is armed or expected to suffer/inflict violence.
If I have to give an answer... only in cases where they are walking into a situation where violence is already happening. Maybe?
People fighting.
Domestic violence calls.
Fighting involving weapons.
I'm sure there's other things that might fall into this category.
I could imagine either a dedicated group who ONLY exist for those types of calls OR a rotating duty schedule where the people don't have to constantly be "on" for those types of calls with a completely different set of equipment.
Everything else... probably doesn't need a responder who is armed or expected to suffer/inflict violence.