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

[mikey4444]

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

Discuss !

[jackthehat]

The majority of British Police Officers have always been against carrying firearms.

[mikey4444]

Yes Jack, thank goodness they have, although the percentage wanting to be armed has crept up slightly over the last 9 years.

The last time I was up in Town, an awful lot of Police seemed to be armed anyway.

[anotheoldgit]

Get used to it, all part of the 'benefits' arrived from multiculturalism.

[mikey4444]

What on earth has this survey of Police Officers, overwhelmingly white, got to do with multiculturalism ?

[ToraToraTora]

great what's your point?

[dannyk13]

When I was a serving police officer this question arose every so often and the majority thinking was that if we were armed all the time then the criminals would follow suit.

[Baldric]

Given the current climate I believe a greater number of Police should be armed but given the proviso that they are thoroughly vetted and trained beforehand,

[mikey4444]

TTT....my point is that I was throwing this open to debate, that is all !

Personally, I am a bit surprised that there isn't a larger percentage wanting to be armed, but pleasantly glad that there isn't.

[dannyk13]

Sensible comment Balders.If the time ever comes when it is decided to arm all the police what would happen to those, and I suspect that there would be quite a few, who failed the vetting procedure?

[Mamyalynne]

Research over the years has shown that if routinely arming the Police came in , many have said they would leave their jobs.

[Baldric]

Provided they are otherwise good at their job, they serve out their time and new recruits will have to agree to carry a gun anyway.

[Mamyalynne]

That may well happen, whether it would affect the number applying can only be speculation at this point.

[Mamyalynne]

We're off.

[mikey4444]

AOG....I suspect that your post was removed because you conflated multiculturalism and the desire of a minority of Police to carry guns.

And you are wrong about the survey ::::

"The Police Federation interviewed a quarter of the workforce, saying 34.1% supported routinely arming officers. In 2006, when the body last conducted firearms research, 23.4% of officers backed routine arming"

[dannyk13]

Balders, I can't see them agreeing to that.It would mean that only armed police could patrol a beat whilst the failures would have to found cushy jobs.

[dannyk13]

^ to be^

[ToraToraTora]

Ok I see mikey. Right, given that the whole legal system of the UK exists primarily to protect criminal low life scum plod is correct. I can fully understand that they would not want to be persecuted as they would be if they shot a low life. The CPS are a leftist cabal who base prosecutions on who they like or dislike rather than any real evidence or trendy attitudes that no one can really fathom. Yes I have an entire file of my own experience with them, I was dragged through the courts and, thankfully found not guilty by the beaks who could see the obvious. 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.

[Sqad]

"More than half of officers completing the survey said they would be prepared to routinely carry a gun (55%), compared with 45% in 2006."

If the above is true and I have no reason to question it, then although more than half police officers would be prepared to carry a gun routinely. One must assume, I suppose, that these very same officers would back routinely carrying a gun.
The figures can really mean what you want them to do and do seem rather at odds with each other.
We are sailing into troubled times and terrorism is an ever growing threat to which I feel should be countered by arming the police.
All police are armed in Spain and it seems quite natural and may i say......reassuring.

[mikey4444]

TTT...."The CPS are a leftist cabal"

Extraordinary !