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- Title
Arming the police in Britain.
- Authors
Turner, Ian
- Abstract
In 2010 Derrick Bird shot and killed 12 people, as well as injuring a further 11, in Cumbria. A legitimate question that arose after the tragedy was whether the outcome would have been different if the British police had been armed? This paper explores whether human rights law requires, or at least justifies, the UK authorities to arm the police in the pursuit of public protection? Derrick Bird was licensed to possess his firearms. Is a more proportionate response amendments to the existing weapons certification process? These are some of the questions which this article seeks to address.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; POLICE; GUN laws; WEAPONS possession; HUMAN rights; POLICE protection; PUBLIC safety; LAW
- Publication
Police Journal, 2017, Vol 90, Issue 2, p107
- ISSN
0032-258X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0032258X16672223