London’s Metropolitan Police Force Considers Arming Its Patrolling Officers

London’s Metropolitan Police Force Considers Arming Its Patrolling Officers
Armed police officers near Oxford Circus underground station in London on Nov. 24, 2017. Jack Taylor/Getty Images
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LONDON—London’s police force is considering arming officers on foot patrols in response to a rise in violent crime, a move that some think could be “seen as provocative.”

In all areas of the UK, apart from Northern Ireland, police officers don’t carry guns.

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