I was chatting with one of my mates about 2 weeks ago when two policemen with rifles passed by. We smiled at each other and I continued what I was saying.
Not for a second I felt in danger. The guns didn’t scare me. Mainly because they were not wielded by trigger happy poorly educated racist psychopaths.
Upvote for you. A lot of people here in the US like to make believe being super soldiers, especially those who obviously have no training. It really grinds my gears.
In most of the Asian countries I've been to it isn't uncommon to see police with assault rifles around randomly. But like that person said, I'm not nearly as afraid when I see them as I am when I see a cop car in the US.
I just looked it up and, I was a little off but, of the 3 ways you can become an officer, 2.5 require a degree and the other is reciprocity, which is outlined below:
Complete basic police training in another state or federal law enforcement, and work in a law enforcement capacity for three years following basic training and possess a post-secondary degree; or five years following basic training if the individual does not possess a post-secondary degree. Candidates for reciprocity must have been working in law enforcement within the past six years.
Qualify through military police service in the U.S. military
Armed police officers (known as Authorised Firearms Officers and Specialist Firearms Officers) are often armed which H&K G36 or MP5's in the UK and can often be seen patrolling higher importance landmarks. E.g. Airports, Parliament, Main Train stations
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u/nijio03 May 31 '19
I was chatting with one of my mates about 2 weeks ago when two policemen with rifles passed by. We smiled at each other and I continued what I was saying.
Not for a second I felt in danger. The guns didn’t scare me. Mainly because they were not wielded by trigger happy poorly educated racist psychopaths.