Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Another point of view is police are usually responding to incidents.... as in a crime has already happened or is under way.
A few police are pistol endorsement holders.
Pistol endorsement holders have to shoot a minimum of 12 times a year. Also within that you have to get holster qualified for each holster and type you use.
Arguably pistol holders have 12 times the training as police.

Front line police MAY have to do their test shoot annually. As in it is possible for a police officer to be armed to shoot at a person, yet not have touched a firearm for over a year.
Also police being under funded aren't necessarily armed. all cars are equipped for carriage but only 1/3 of patrol vehicles have firearms at any time. Again you don't know which vehicles are armed.

Bottom line is if police are in danger enough to be armed full time when on the job it's logical to suggest the same risk is present when off duty.
I believe if police were to carry full time then there should be the option for those with pistol endorsements and holster qual to obtain CCW permits.