Most London Police Don't Carry a Gun. Here's Why.

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Most London Police Don't Carry a Gun. Here's Why.
nice simple reasoning.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/90-percent-of-london-police-dont-carry-a-gun-heres-why/ar-BBBVwio

I would go out on a limb that not having a gun when you're a cop takes away that invincibility mind state. Which means you probably wont get into a lot of unnecessary confrontations with citizens, since you wont have that feeling like you can trump every confrontation with your badge and gun. a person has a certain level of ego. a person + a badge has even more ego. a person + a badge + a gun = super ego.

No gun in hand it can completely change the conversations and interactions you have with your fellow citizens you are supposed to serve and protect. You will start using good ole diffusion tactics to calm situations down that do not need to escalate. because you dont want to have to get physical with these citizens. That takes a lot of effort and there's no guarantee you will win that confrontation or not at best come out scraped up.


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