UK police officers are not routinely armed, but there armed response units, and under certain circumstances in e.g. railway stations and airports you will see p

UK police officers are not routinely armed, but there armed response units, and under certain circumstances in e.g. railway stations and airports you will see pairs of officers walking about with machine guns on a regular basis. Accountability: misuse of cctv or bodycam footage can lead to disciplinary action of various kinds including being sacked. The link below will give you an idea of the volume of formal complaints and the 'pipeline' from complaint to potential dismissal and criminal proceedings against officers; https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-misconduct-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2025/police-misconduct-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2025 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-misconduct-e... The accountability system is 'under review' (we do this a lot, slows things down nicely and looks like action); https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/end-to-end-review-of-the-police-accountability-system https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/end-to-end-review... It isn't unicorns and rainbows by any means; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66809642 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66809642