Police officers are less likely to be killed on the job than truckers, loggers, garbage collectors and roofers.
Yet somehow they need special protection against the onslaught of attacks on their lives and safety.
This is obviously nothing more than an attempt to further insulate the enforcer class from the consequences of their immoral actions.
Yup. Good point on insulation fro consequences to actions. Society is built that way. We are all insulated from our actions that produce negative effects into other regions of the world, at least for the time being. We pay taxes, that fund wars, that harm others, and we are all cushy and comfortable in our isolated geographical zones... for now...