While the Swiss guard in the Vatican may look like something out of Alice in Wonderland in their parade outfits, you really do not want to mess with them; in ad

While the Swiss guard in the Vatican may look like something out of Alice in Wonderland in their parade outfits, you really do not want to mess with them; in addition to their medieval kit they also serve in plain clothes, carrying such hardware as Glocks and HK MP5's. If your point was that they have better people skills than many US police officers, though, I agree fully. (Probably more fair to compare the Swiss guard to some elite squad in the US - I would be very much surprised if they didn't get quite literally hundreds of applications for each position, allowing them to be very, very picky.