The problem is that supposedly non-violent situations can turn violent or threatening very quickly. So, all officers need to be trained in use of force.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/police-aca...
"The majority of law-enforcement academies in the United States are loosely modeled on military boot camps."
https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-ju...
"Over 8,000 law enforcement agencies have utilized the 1033 program to access more than $6 billion worth of military equipment such as night-vision goggles, machine guns, armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, and military aircraft ...
... One study found that use of paramilitary-style teams by law enforcement increased by more than 1,400 percent since 1980."
https://cjmasters.eku.edu/sites/cjmasters.eku.edu/files/21st...
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Or, just apply your eyes and look at the photos of St. Louis police with sniper rifles trained on crowds of people during the Ferguson protests. One is here:
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/14/ferguson-and...
> The police are expected to deal with a whole community in a holistic way.
Which they manifestly fail to do effectively, for structural reasons. A paramilitary force with minimal entry education requirements whose training disproportionately focuses on the proper use of force to secure compliance is not a good general purpose community response tool.