Police Federation Say That 2 Thirds Of Officers Don't Back Carrying Guns

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41361091

Discuss !

[ToraToraTora]

have you been prosecuted by them mikey?

[mikey4444]

No.

[youngmafbog]

No Mickey it is not extraordinary at all. It is a downright disgrace.

Sqad, having just come back from Majorca I have to agree, armed Police in Spain did give a comfort feeling.

[fender62]

i think its inevitable all poilce will be armed at some point in the future, its a sad reflection of modern times and the hardened criminal elements in our society, criminals are already armed knives guns acid
etc.

[ToraToraTora]

then you haven't experienced their prejudice then mikey.

[mikey4444]

TTT....no well, I guess I have been lucky in keeping my nose clean.

[youngmafbog]

Some criminals have always be armed (remember "Let him have it"?)

It is very difficult for us as citizens to know what reality on the ground is since all we get on the News are the "big" crimes, ofte with guns. This may or may not reflect the mojority of criminals.

As TTT points out, I can understand why Police would not want to carry a gun. The criminal would have more rights and undoubtedly we would see numerous Police men and women dragged through the Courts to fullfill the liberal elite right-on thinking.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - // Anyway, yes I can understand why plods of today do not want to carry guns, better to let the scum get away with it rather that ruin your own life via anti British liberals without a clue. //

Obviously I cannot speak for the rank and file police officers, but I suggest that they prefer not to see the use of guns escalated to U.S. levels, which would be an inevitable result of arming them, coupled with the fact that they know that if guns are carried, they get used, and that is often not the best way to resolve an issue.

[sapelesam]

I would arm the officers who wanted to be armed.

[Peter Pedant]

// great what's your point?//
the point is that 2/3 if police officers dont want to carry guns

more likely to meet and have to shoot terroristen
apparently

didja see the police fed spokesperson saying that arming the police was but one way to give them a safer environment to work in

interesting take on armed police

[angie55]

My niece's boyfriend has just been through the training course for armed officers. Of the 24 that started the course, only 8 made it to the end and passed.

[ToraToraTora]

"TTT....no well, I guess I have been lucky in keeping my nose clean. " - so have I, I was innocent but that didn't stop them. Good job the beaks had a brain cell.