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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by rich_sasha on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:32PM (#28361706)
Police in the UK do not carry firearms, at all. Regular police have a taser, there are also firearms units on call when needed. This is an outlier even for Europe, where I believe it is standard to carry a pistol.

This has some interesting consequences. The police effectively can’t position themselves in opposition to “the people of the street”. Two police officers against a rowdy pub is poor chances for the law.

As a result, the training emphasises deescalation, talking people down from stupid ideas etc. This part seems particularly effective.

Most days I still think it’s crazy the police here are effectively unarmed, but it does seem to work.

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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by anshumankmr on Monday August 30, 2021 @10:26PM (#28363296)
In India, most cops carry sticks called lathis. When terrorists attacked Mumbai 12 years back, a lot of them were unable to protect people as they did not have guns. Many of them died as well.
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by whall6 on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:49PM (#28361850)
Aren’t there like way more police per capita in the UK though?
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by gremloni on Monday August 30, 2021 @07:27PM (#28362157)
I don’t feel like that’s a bad thing. Way more non deadly police are a good thing in my opinion.
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by effingwewt on Monday August 30, 2021 @08:54PM (#28362800)
Seriously I'd rather have a 10x increase in police if it meant no firearms.
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by rich_sasha on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:04AM (#28364779)
No idea, but if anything my impression would be the opposite.

I know from a police officer friend of mine that on badly-staffed nights, Oxford (an affluent city of about 180k people) only had 2-4 officers on call. For anything from a bar fight to murder. You don’t get these American-style 10 police car buildups, unless it is literally a national emergency.

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