tough situation with no good answers, I'd argue for keeping officers on foot and preferably leaving the squad cars behind a few blocks or empty them of anything lootable to use just as road blocks. putting them in a situation where they can be enveloped and the only way out is mowing people down is a tactical failure.
tough situation with no good answers, I'd argue for keeping officers on foot and preferably leaving the squad cars behind a few blocks or empty them of anything lootable to use just as road blocks. putting them in a situation where they can be enveloped and the only way out is mowing people down is a tactical failure.
What is the alternative? Not deploy any police to these often violent riots, or deploy the entire police department to quell the riot? If you just send 1 car to 100 rioters, then obviously the cop will have a bad time. If you send 100 cops to 100 rioters, but the rioters are belligerent, then obviously they are going to have a bad time.