For anyone criticizing the police response, I challenge you to work a job where if you don't approach every situation and every work day with absolute caution, and at times overkill, you may not make it home to tuck your kids in at night.
The last time less than 100 police officers died on duty in a calendar year was 1944. Officers die every week just doing their jobs, and if calling in the SWAT team for a barricaded and potentially dangerous fugitive will save even just one life a year, it's more than worth it every time.
Scroll through this site for five minutes before you decide to shoot your mouth off again.
http://www.odmp.org