It’s the ones with the firearms, well trained to. E mindful and respectful of; who will put an end to a madman such as was the case in Australia A good number of emergency responders out there who are female, deserving of our respect
@soar2newhighs Here in the UK, very few officers, male or female, have firearms. Those who do are highly-trained (but can still make remarkable mistakes).
@MagneticSid Yes mistakes can be made. As for the officer in Australia, her actions certainly saved lives. Regarding the unarmed UK police personnel; I don’t doubt they do their jobs to the best of their abilities but when they encounter a situation where they’re first on scene confronting an armed individual prior to the arrival of the team you mentioned their and the public are still under threat particularly if the offender is using a firearm.
@soar2newhighs They can call for armed officers who arrive very quickly. There are procedures for dealing with situations like that, which work pretty well, with the exception of cases where the firearms officer, though highly-trained, get over-excited or add two and two to make five. A criminal who expects police to be armed will be much more likely to use his weapon. Indeed, it encourages criminals to go armed. In the US and some other countries where police are routinely armed (and therefore standards of training for armed officers are lower), unnecessary deaths from police fire are common, including bystanders and even police. Gunshot deaths for UK police run at less than one a year for a country of over 60 million. Of course, all this depends on tight gun control and on carrying a gun when not authorised being very risky.
