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| Thread ID: 147666 | 2019-02-28 18:09:00 | To arm our Police. Or not. | WalOne (4202) | PC World Chat |
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| 1458627 | 2019-03-13 00:33:00 | OK - I see that there MAY be an exception to my post above (^)........... A 27-year-old policewoman was shot dead by a colleague in Paris when the pair were reportedly playing a game of drawing their guns on each other and one weapon went off by accident. The woman, who was on duty at the entrance to the new headquarters of the Paris police in the 17th arrondissement, was shot in the head by her 28-year-old colleague. The officer who fired the gun was placed in detention after the incident on Sunday at the police headquarters in the 17th arrondissement of the French capital. The Paris prosecutor and the head of the Paris police force went to the scene of the incident on Sunday. The prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the affair which will be conducted by the IGPN, the body that investigates police abuses. It's not the first time in France that an armed police has officer has accidentally shot dead a colleague. Two years ago an officer in eastern France accidentally shot his colleague in the chest while he was checking his weapon. In February 2017 a French military policeman accidentally fired his weapon during a speech by the then French president François Hollande, leaving two injured and the president briefly shaken. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1458628 | 2019-03-13 03:22:00 | I think we have a pretty good compromise currently. As clearly shown by recent incidents, police have ready access to firearms as required, without having them always on their person (reducing the opportunity for ‘knee-jerk’ responses killing kids with toys or shooting fleeing offenders in the back etc. or for it to be taken and used against them). While there is always the potential for “surprise - i got a gun” moments, having one on your hip is still no defence in that situation - it’s an offensive weapon, not a shield, (which only provides the ability to attack back, not “defend”). From what i’ve seen, the current risk assesment procedures and offender intelligence info available, allow for a fairly reasonable scope for staff to arm themselves as required or as they deem necessary for given situations. Bit like the incident here in Christchurch a few years back, police dog shot dead in the street and left lying, policeman shot inside the house. It's hard to talk an idiot to lay down their weapon. Bit like the idiot up in the Taranaki area with the golf club, shot and killed by police. Too many bleeding hearts in Up-Side-Down-Land |
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| 1458629 | 2019-03-13 05:50:00 | Bit like the incident here in Christchurch a few years back, police dog shot dead in the street and left lying, policeman shot inside the house. It's hard to talk an idiot to lay down their weapon.Yeah, i think that has been learned from and is one if the reasons for the current much easier access and more frequent carrying when warranted. Bit like the idiot up in the Taranaki area with the golf club, shot and killed by police.That’s exactly the sort of thing that can be avoided with a taser on the hip and a reason required step up to breaking out the guns. Too many bleeding hearts in Up-Side-Down-LandMaybe so ;) Don’t get me wrong, I like a good shoot, and police should definitely have the tools they need to deal with the situations (and scrotes) they face, but i think there is also a value to our society in having our police not tooled up all of the time. |
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| 1458630 | 2019-03-15 03:00:00 | Great example of guns being available today here in ChCh. | Lurking (218) | ||
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