Hi everyone there , Do you think there is a Need for Normal police officer To be Armed . Imo , i think they Need to be Armed , if they encounter a Suspect who are armed , they can Fight back . if Not , they will be killed . so i think if better if they are armed . If i am not wrong , Almost all police officer in the country are armed . Except maybe UK .

When Singapore , Hong kong were still under the british colony time , The police forces In SIN and HK were trained by British Police forces . and some of the police rules , SOP and PGO are the same . I think Country Like US need to tighten their gun Control laws . to let Fewer people to have access for Firearms .

Legend

US - - United states

HK- - - Hong Kong

SIN ---- Singapore

SOP -- - Standard operation procedure

PGO- - - Police general Procedure

Edited March 24, 201214 yr by ahling023

In the US definitely, in most countries in Europe, the officers don't need guns, since they're not as accessible to the public.

ya US have many gun related Cases . so it important for them to be armed .

Lol, comparing UK Police to US police is funny. I remember watching a clip about the chief of police somewhere in the UK, or whatever it's called, forbid officers from entering a park because it was to dark. I'd feel better being an officer in the UK though, well, because I feel there is more respect for police there, and because, there is no necessity to be armed.

In UK only "higher" criminals have guns. In US everyone have guns including a 9 year old kid so in US, they must have guns to fight back.

Normally, officers will be armed if there is need to.