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Old 09-20-2013, 05:02   #6
JJ_BPK
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Originally Posted by JHD View Post
Well played!

It is the craziest thing to me, but I don't think even all of their LE people are armed.
Most street LEO's do not carry waepons. BUT, the LEO's at "select" locations are dressed to the hilt, aka: SWAT kit.

We have walked around London a bunch in the last 5-6 years. If you go past Parliament and #10 Downing, you will see a small army max'd out for CQB. Two block away, they wear stab vests and carry whistles. And don't you dare get caught without your road vest..

A good friend's SiL is a constable in a rural area in Scotland. I not sure they even have the stab vests? I asked said copper about weapons training and he said they do have some "shooters" that do it annually, but it's a small portion of the force.
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