[vidarh]

UK police also usually wouldn't respond with two officers for a situation like this.

There was an assault outside my house a few months back, and they sent 3 cars and 6-7 officers despite no indication weapons were involved.

People tend to respond very differently when thy face a group of officers spread out - turn towards one of them in a threatening manner and three others will be slamming you to the ground.

What struck me about the video in the article was how there were just two of them, and despite that one was getting in the suspects face. You don't get in the face of an expected dangerous assailant if you want to avoid violence.