Should regular cops have the same amount of body protection as the SWAT team? No
You want swat to have 3 bars? Fine! Makes no sense to me at all, I think a full kevlar/hp bar is perfect for both.
"Do some cops on the server use their double health as an opportunity to go into a situation that IRL they maybe wouldn't? Yes"
That's an individual problem and you should report these people instead.
Over the last few weeks/months we've been nerfed and nerfed and nerfed as a police force. The Cruisers are going less fast, the MDC doesn't reach further then 3 meters, and you're still complaining.
Honnestly, I do not see the problem indeed, Usually, when we come in gunfights we are losing them, especially since its a pistol against an AK-47. Having the problem that a few officers don't rp fear is an individual thing and not the whole force should be "punished" for that. Honestly, I think you're just making a big problem out of a really small one.
This is going to be my last post in this suggestion, but I do not support the suggestion at all.