I can remember reading somewhere a number of years back when Florida made it easier for law abiding citizens to get concealed handgun permits, one police chief there said if the law were passed, he would consider arming his officers with machine guns. Good to see somebody like this in Detroit (of all places) not go around repeating talking points from the Brady Center (formerly Handgun Control Inc) like a good number of these politicians who wear police officers uniforms (as what many police chiefs often can be).
That police chief is part of the problem - he obviously thinks he's there to control the People rather than carry out the law and thereby serve the People.
Back in the 70’s I had a shipmate who’s brother was in law enforcement in Dade County. His off-duty gun was a full auto silenced Mac-11 he carried in a shoulder holster.