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NJCher

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6. few police officers in the UK

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:05 PM

21 hrs ago

even carry a firearm. I think it's something like 2500 licensed officers out of around 34,000 officers for London.

They do have what's known as "armed response units" and those units are specially trained.

Such a different concept of the use of firearms than in the U.S.

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Shocking stats: [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP

Horrifying. Nt spooky3 Yesterday #1

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! BurnDoubt 21 hrs ago #2

And how many of those were people of color? Nt Trueblue Texan 21 hrs ago #3

Those numbers need to be publicized in the US. They are shocking. Jim__ 21 hrs ago #4

OMG! That's awful! RainCaster 21 hrs ago #5

few police officers in the UK NJCher 21 hrs ago #6

Source? orangecrush 21 hrs ago #7

I trust Occupy so I took a chance. applegrove 20 hrs ago #10

Time to dis-arm most USA police and have much stronger gun control for citizens. PufPuf23 21 hrs ago #8

speaking of stats RussBLib 21 hrs ago #9

Seems like America loves Violence. chouchou 20 hrs ago #11