They want to mount guns on police cars? The dystopian future I feared is accelerating faster than expected
“Control, Perps just wiped out an innocent. I’m taking them down”
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My brother has recently retired from the armed police. The amount of training they have to do and standards they have to meet physically etc. are way above that of a non armed officer. No way would the police be able to train every officer to that level. And even with all that training there are quite a few police who are kicked off the armed section regularly for not being up to scratch.
Personally I would rather have a small amount of highly trained armed police rather than a large amount of mediocre ones, including people who should never be allowed near a gun. And I don’t see how having guns in the car is going to be much use, in a situation where they need guns in a hurry they aren’t likely to be able to run back to the car and get them out.
I don’t think this is a bad idea and is a good compromise to arming all police with a firearm.
Store a 9mm in a locked boxed in the boot, accessible via a code to only be used in a specific set of documented circumstances.
Give all officers weapons training so they’re familiar with how to use it and when to use.
Local police can respond to incidents much quicker than a firearms response unit, allowing situations that require an officer to be armed to be put under control much much quicker, potentially saving more lives.
Chances are (hoping) they’ll never need to be used, but we’ll be thankful when they are.
Seen what’s going on with ICE in America? Yeah no thanks.
Arming standard police goes against Peelian principles of policing.
It should be noted that while the headline is technically true the goal isn’t to copy America and arm the police. It’s to copy New Zealand and have arms secure but ready in the event of an emergency, requiring permission to access and their justification is that the closure of local police stations and centralisation of specialists means that there could be catastrophic delays responding to a rural incident.
I’m not sure it’s a good idea but there’s more to it than just handing out guns to police.
Tbh, I do agree.
Criminality and expectations of the innocent public is different in the 21st century than the past. The police also need to adapt their methods, ideology and approach to suit.
Don’t get the rationale of arming every officer rather than just getting more armed response teams.
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They want to mount guns on police cars? The dystopian future I feared is accelerating faster than expected
“Control, Perps just wiped out an innocent. I’m taking them down”
[deleted]
My brother has recently retired from the armed police. The amount of training they have to do and standards they have to meet physically etc. are way above that of a non armed officer. No way would the police be able to train every officer to that level. And even with all that training there are quite a few police who are kicked off the armed section regularly for not being up to scratch.
Personally I would rather have a small amount of highly trained armed police rather than a large amount of mediocre ones, including people who should never be allowed near a gun. And I don’t see how having guns in the car is going to be much use, in a situation where they need guns in a hurry they aren’t likely to be able to run back to the car and get them out.
I don’t think this is a bad idea and is a good compromise to arming all police with a firearm.
Store a 9mm in a locked boxed in the boot, accessible via a code to only be used in a specific set of documented circumstances.
Give all officers weapons training so they’re familiar with how to use it and when to use.
Local police can respond to incidents much quicker than a firearms response unit, allowing situations that require an officer to be armed to be put under control much much quicker, potentially saving more lives.
Chances are (hoping) they’ll never need to be used, but we’ll be thankful when they are.
What, like this?
https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/armed-police-use-machine-gun-24010604
Let me tell you how this goes.
*gestures towards america*
Seen what’s going on with ICE in America? Yeah no thanks.
Arming standard police goes against Peelian principles of policing.
It should be noted that while the headline is technically true the goal isn’t to copy America and arm the police. It’s to copy New Zealand and have arms secure but ready in the event of an emergency, requiring permission to access and their justification is that the closure of local police stations and centralisation of specialists means that there could be catastrophic delays responding to a rural incident.
I’m not sure it’s a good idea but there’s more to it than just handing out guns to police.
Tbh, I do agree.
Criminality and expectations of the innocent public is different in the 21st century than the past. The police also need to adapt their methods, ideology and approach to suit.
Don’t get the rationale of arming every officer rather than just getting more armed response teams.