Militech Manticore

Night City’s police have complained to their superiors for decades that their lives are in constant danger. They fight criminals who are equipped with combat cyberware, high-caliber weapons, high-grade explosives and military hardware traded on the black market. Each officer suits up for work every day never knowing if they’ll be the next badge-wearing fly splattered against a wall.
The issue of officer safety is often revisited between NCPD leadership and city politicians. Every now and again, a plucky, young aide to a city councilmember suggests that the city implement stricter gun control measures, once the laughter in the room subsides, the meetings typically conclude with the city commissioning Militech for a new fleet of Manticores, their line of armored Avs designed for military operations. Everyone walks away pleased. The NCPD gets fancy new toys, the City Council announces another public safety success. Militech pockets another billion-eurodollar arms deal and, they all live happily ever after (until the next year).