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I don't know what the commentator is referring to. But, there's a wide-spread belief in the UK that arming the police is a bad idea - since it leads to issues.

I don't know what the commentator is referring to. But, there's a wide-spread belief in the UK that arming the police is a bad idea - since it leads to issues. There has been an increase in the number of 'armed police' with the perceived increase in terror: but there's no much support for widely arming the police. I think that's likely to be a key difference in how the police are perceived in the UK and the USA.

jon-wood 10y ago
To put "not much support" in perspective, during a survey almost 80% of serving police said they opposed being routinely armed on duty, and over 95% opposed being armed both on and off duty. Not even the police themselves have any appetite for escalating the use of firearms in routine duty. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429898/Police-vote-against-guns.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429898/Police-vote-a...
Angostura 10y ago
> here's a wide-spread belief in the UK that arming the police is a bad idea - since it leads to issues. Absolutely - hence the relatively small number of highly-trained firearms officers.