The daily duty equipment of a police officer is in no way similar to battle gear. You may look to SWAT as having similar equipment, but once again, it is not battle gear. In regards to militarized style policing, this is another made up term like "assault weapon". The military incorporated police training once learning it would be a necessity in Iraq and elsewhere when establishing security among villages. This was not a traditional role of the military. Civilian police didn't adopt a military tactic, the military adopted the police tactic.

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