MattDelito

I tip my hat, and you are most welcome. May your drunks be friendly and your troublemakers puny.

I haven't seen much of 'em, although I did used to love the Bill. I was gutted when they stopped making it. The most realistic police show I've ever seen is Hot Fuzz. True fact.

Great question. I feel quite relaxed about that. I have only been in situations a very few times where I thought that a firearm might have been a good idea.

The key thing to keep in mind is that the Met has quite a few AFOs, and I work in a rather, shall we say, busy borough. The upshot of that is that a Trojan unit is never far away.

Given how relatively rarely firearms are needed, and how much training the AFO's get, the police would have to make a choice: They'd have to decide to either give people who haven't received enough training guns, or they need to invest a lot more in training. Cash-strapped as the Met is, I think the current situation (A lower number of top-trained guys) is probably the best compromise.

I know my colleagues very well; they are great guys. But I wouldn't trust all of them with firearms.

No.

I wouldn't resist, though.

I'll get me coat.