...without apparently controlling for the extent to which people _become_ "very different types of people" in agencies who advertise one way or the other.

Either way, it's beyond obvious in 2026 that SWAT teams are no longer necessary and are far, far more trouble than they're worth. Abolish them today.

It's probably indisputable at this point that inviting the citizen gravy seals to deal with real threats will probably result in fewer innocent victims than a professional SWAT force that professionally sometimes rescues hostages while also mostly being used to throw flashbangs at babies and terrorize people at 2am no-knocks over petty crimes.

And it's almost always done for some drug related crime. End the War on Drugs now!