I was shocked at this...at first...but after thinking about it for a moment, it makes sense for at least the Gang and Narcotics groups to simply go away. Especially after the decriminalization vote on cannabis!
Tactical is still a requirement in today's age, and might be necessary to qualify for Homeland Insecurity funding and support.
While obviously not the same as a coherent, dedicated full-time team, can it be done on an ad-hoc basis...assembling a response team of the best-of-the-best who would be on-call from their other responsibilities when the need arises?! Kinda like how a volunteer fireperson squad works? Or surely how it happens in GPP and other communities where the police are cross-trained for fire duty? [[although I've not seen any fire activity here in almost three years, I have no idea how they function in dual roles)
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