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To: t4texas who wrote (546958)	11/20/2013 3:09:20 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793921

No: <do police in new zealand carry guns? if yes, are they loaded?> But these days, quite a lot of police do have guns in a box in the boot of their car [the trunk in USA lingo]. There are also special armed offenders squads [SWAT police] who will be called out to deal with armed offenders. Over the decades, as welfare and crime have burgeoned, divorce and anger have proliferated and children have been badly raised, police have gone from being a friendly Bobby in the street to more like a "cop". Unfortunately, the crime rate of police has increased too, so they are frequently prosecuted for various criminal acts [and found guilty]. People are not frightened of police in NZ [generally, though no doubt some are]. They do now carry tasers and pepper spray. <New Zealand Police officers do not normally carry firearms while on standard patrol, but routinely carry pepper spray and batons. However, all police officers in New Zealand are given basic firearms training. Tasersfitted with cameras were introduced following a decision by Commissioner Broad in August 2008 as an additional non-lethal weapon. [11] By 2012 there were 908 Tasers available to police nationwide. Figures show that a 'disproportionate number of people' targeted by police Tasers were mental health patients. [12] Non-commissioned officers and specialist officers such as dog handlers and crime squad detectives often have a secure container within their police vehicle containing firearms; usually Glock 17 pistols as well as Bushmaster M4A3 XM15 carbines. [13] [14] Weapons may be issued to front line staff in an armed response to a serious incident under the supervision of a senior officer. An armed response by police to an incident will usually be considered a newsworthy event by the media. en.wikipedia.org > The normal police response to armed offenders in NZ is to talk them down, waiting for them to calm down so they can be dealt with sensibly. "Let's all sit down and have a nice cup of tea and talk about it." Unfortunately, that's not always an option. The police do not shoot at women fleeing in cars, even if the women don't have children. They do chase after them [and other fleeing motorists], which results in many deaths as the desperate escapee makes a mistake and crashes in to a tree or something. The police love a good chase as it's lots of fun and much less boring and annoying than the regular work. The chases are normally over trivial matters which should not be dealt with by a mad pursuit. The police know that SPEED KILLS yet, they constantly join in to a race to the death, sometimes involving innocent third parties who get in the way. Mqurice