Keep in mind that for many police forces overseas they may be, at least partially, already militarized. The police force in Kenya has a militarized arm that in some way is better armed and trained than their military. Senegal's police are aligned closely to how France and Belgium had theirs - i.e. they basically are the equivalent of military police in many ways.
The US is a very different animal - i.e you may have reservists or ex-military police members in police departments but they are the exception and not even close to the rule
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