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Routine arming of the Police

Submitted on Friday 5th August 2011

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Routine arming of the Police

Additional Information

A petition to call on the Government of the day to allow all Police Officers to be routinely armed.

At present we have a position where only Authorised Firearms Officers carry firearms and as a result, it often takes far too long for officers to arrive at emergency incidents where firearms may be required. Recent events, such as officer shootings at home, and the mass shootings in Norway, highlight the need to have properly prepared and equipped officers available to respond.

Armed officers would not change the face of Policing, a side-arm, although visible, would not be imposing or restrict interaction with the general public.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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