If police outnumber someone greatly, their social responsibility should overtake their personal protection, because it’s way more likely the perp is going to die than any of them are. If it’s one on one, do what you got to live, but when you outnumber someone with an institution of justice, your actions should look less like reflexes and more like justice.
These guys are supposed to be way more mentally advanced and well armed. If you outnumber a person with 5 charged firearms, their ain’t no psycho shit they can do to anyone, unless they had like a bomb or something.
You can hold a gun on someone for a long time without having to shoot. Humans can lunge about 20 feet in the time it takes to charge a firearm, so police shouldn’t be oblivious to knifes, and should charge their gun before exiting cover.
The biggest threat to a cop is small firearms comparable to their main carry. Lunatics that lunge with knives or empty handed usually get shot the fuck up. I did watch a police officer get stabbed in the throat though. Small friendly female. Shot him and survived though.
EDIT: I mean i watch a lot of violence like Live Leaks and Active Self Protection. I didn’t see a police officer get stabbed in person.