Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

The thing is they wouldn't need arming if they did more policing. Unfortunately the police, like everyone else, have been regulated out of a lot of common sense powers. If they had the ability to effectively deal with offenders at the beginning of their careers things would be sweet and dandy. Unfortunately the front line police have not been given the backing of the courts, politicians, society or their own hierarchy. They are not meant to pursue too many things that are not cost effective, hence they don't turn up and are not interested in pursuing thefts/burglaries; we just get to pay for that ourselves with higher insurance premiums. Minor traffic infringements by the usually law abiding though is a good money spinner. The trouble with this approach is the crims get to carry on until it becomes an embedded way of life for them and when they do finally get dealt with properly it's too late turn them around and they are a bigger problem for society.

Now onto the more serious issue. Daughter wants to paint moustaches on my newly painted trailer. I don't want it to look too authoritarian so what style?