Several active shooter situations where they need to retrieve downed officers / civilians without exposing the rescue team to gunfire. Most recently in the Pittsburgh shooting it was reported they used an armored vehicle to get to injured officers outside.
> Police all over the world do their jobs without these tanks.
First of all they are not tanks. They have no offensive capabilities so they would be classified as armored personnel carriers.
> People have been throwing rocks at and shooting at US police for two centuries. How does having a tank help in arrests?
Allows officers to take cover behind it while the vehicle moves forward. When it reaches the people throwing rocks they can move to effect the arrest.
For shootings it allows them to much closer to barricaded subjects and make sure they cant escape / provides a platform to negotiate peaceful surrender.
Several active shooter situations where they need to retrieve downed officers / civilians without exposing the rescue team to gunfire. Most recently in the Pittsburgh shooting it was reported they used an armored vehicle to get to injured officers outside.
> Police all over the world do their jobs without these tanks.
First of all they are not tanks. They have no offensive capabilities so they would be classified as armored personnel carriers.
Second, these exist all over the world, here are some image results: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=european+riot+vehicle&t=ffab&iar=i...
> People have been throwing rocks at and shooting at US police for two centuries. How does having a tank help in arrests?
Allows officers to take cover behind it while the vehicle moves forward. When it reaches the people throwing rocks they can move to effect the arrest.
For shootings it allows them to much closer to barricaded subjects and make sure they cant escape / provides a platform to negotiate peaceful surrender.