Your applicable skills could be applied elsewhere, be it at private companies or in other public sectors. You could also - wild thought - work alongside your co-workers to prevent those who are trying to harm the citizens you were appointed to protect from attacking us, such as ICE impersonators.

TL;DR, please find another job if you don’t like the labels and stigma, or put some effort into changing the perspectives of the citizenry.

Iraqi Military became Iraqi insurgents/rebel forces (During US Occupation). Especially with all of their weaponry and training practically falling into the laps of the US’s opposition during the war.

Didn’t the US federal government learn in Iraq the consequences of stiffing paychecks to existing service members… ?

Guess not.

This is California, the state with the strictest gun laws in the country on the books. You’re asking civilians with compliant arms to go up against literal military surplus equipment (provided through the 1033 program)?

Also, nice bot username. Let’s see if you reply to any of the comments.