Way back in the day I couldn't even get shotguns on issue. Then two showed up out of the blue and we were glad to have them.
A few years after I retired and another agent took over my training duties, each agent was issued an M4 with an Eotech.
Given the "education" a person gets these days, I really wonder if many law enforcement officers have much appreciation for democratic ideals and constitutional rights.
I'd love to be proven wrong, but we've been increasingly betrayed by just about every institution we have. Trust is a precious--and almost vanished commodity.
To the LEOs of integrity out there, I apologize as I do not know you personally. But you should know that good guy citizens are beginning to wonder what your superiors would order you to do, and how many of your fellow officers would go along to get along.
Evil times indeed.