Offense or Defense?

[AyatollahGondola]

In your experience and wisdom, which position would best serve to be strengthened in the course of your duties in the field? In a perfect world you'd have both of course, but practicality usually limits the focus, so if you had to apply your effort to one or the other, would you bolster officer and resource defense, or or spend the effort on firepower, personnel, and equipment that was more useful in projecting the reach of law enforcement? For example, bullet proofing or better firearms?

[ResQ]

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are you fishing for a statement that would imply an aggressive mentality or heavy handed enforcement philosophy if one were to say they wanted more bullets instead of a magic indestructable shield to hide behind...???

There aren't many cops that feel the need to hide rather than act to protect.

What we all want is peace, but we know the intimacies of human nature will not allow that. There is no one answer that can apply to something as complex as what you ask.

If you were in the jungle and had one snake bite anitvenom dose and your two children got bit and were going to die, which one would you choose to give it to... (or would you keep it for yourself!) :tape: Offense or Defense?

There is a balance between the minimum and the maximum that represents the optimum

sorry my man, this is a dead thread

[AyatollahGondola]

are you fishing for a statement that would imply an aggressive mentality or heavy handed enforcement philosophy if one were to say they wanted more bullets instead of a magic indestructable shield to hide behind...???
No.

I'm trying to get opinions from field people about where the focus of support would go. I'm not out to get anyone. Based on my history here, I don't know how you'd come to that conclusion.


What we all want is peace, but we know the intimacies of human nature will not allow that. There is no one answer that can apply to something as complex as what you ask.

Someone or several people have to answer the complexities of that every year in allocating resources. I would guess, but do not know, that they use input from field officers to arrive at those decisions?