Yes it's a lie. They don't carry automatics for one reason civilian casualties and accountabilityYou are trying to insinuate that normal street cops carry automatic weapons which as far as I know is a lie. SWAT cops are a whole different animal from street cops, a very select group with far more training in tactics and firearms. The street cops I talked to carried AR-15 semi-autos in their cars alongside the shotguns and the motorcycle cops carried CAR-15 semi autos on their bikes.