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Originally Posted by Oberon
I don't know how it is in the States, but generally in the UK, people who shoot coppers either die before being arrested or die in prison. Well, that's how it used to be anyway, because the police looked after their own. With the modern paperwork filled force, I'm not sure what the current in house rules are, but I should imagine it's still the same.
Shootings are a growing trend, even in the UK, perhaps due to the lack of respect the general public has towards the force these days due to the drubbing they get in the media through the actions of some bad eggs. For quite a few people it seems that the police are as much of the enemy as the criminals are.  |
If your equipped with a firearm during the commission of a crime it is highly likely you will be confronted by an armed response unit/team/vehicle (whichever is nearest).
My advise to any ar$ehole finding themselves in such a situation would be to surrender your firearm with immediate effect because if it is perceived you present a danger to the public or those officers responding you are then gambling whether the order to fire will be given.
If such an order is given then it is the lawful intent that you will be incapacitated/killed....the only way to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Well that is how it used to be in the states but the wave of liberalism that hit the US justice system and LE in last 20 years or so prevents it now for most part.Cops "abuse" a perp here, they end up with the charges dropped , nice settlement and the officers in jail.I saw this guys mugshot and he had a nice lump on his head, I suspect he must have "tripped" 
Shootings are up in the UK? Perhaps time for UK beat cops to carry sidearms? |
A figure approaching nearly 10% already are or are already firearms trained.
There have been a few 'soundings' by the Police Federation over the years and thus far the figures maintain a large majority of serving officers who would prefer not to be armed.