On the officer 's belt : a Taser , .40 caliber handgun with 16 bullets in the clip and one in the chamber , a baton and mace . Ruben Navarrette : Occupy Oakland protests showed cops in violent clash with citizens . He says the police were not acting as they should have and that protesters are right to be angry about what happened on Tuesday night. He says officers in some cities have machine guns in cars , see job as soldiering . Navarrette : Policing not about kicking down doors , it 's about building relationships .
Ruben Navarrette : Occupy Oakland protests showed cops in violent clash with citizens . He says the police were not acting as they should have and that protesters are right to be angry about what happened on Tuesday night. He says officers in some cities have machine guns in cars , see job as soldiering . Navarrette : Policing not about kicking down doors , it 's about building relationships .