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First of all, no guns are safe. They are all deadly weapons and meant to be so.
Second when police carried revolvers all chambers were loaded, at least after the local marshal updated from the Colt single action army where the hammer had to rest on an empty chamber for it to be safe.
Finally, all guns should always be considered loaded. I keep my work guns loaded all the times. My wife and my son have always known this and act accordingly.
Whether police, military or civilian, a weapon carried for work or personal protection should be carried with the chamber loaded and ready to go. When you need a gun, you need it right then, ready to go.
Take a look at how quickly that recent shooting of the Texas trooper went down (the video has been on the local news). Constant awareness of the situation and immediate access is whats needed. The trooper was distracted by the second subjects entry into the situation and refusal to follow the troopers orders. Before he could react the first subject drew his weapon and shoot the trooper multiple times.
It went down so quick its scarey. If the trooper wasn't distracted he may have had time to blaock the subjects arm, draw and fire (purely speculation on my part) but he would never had time to rack a round in the chamber.
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