Heck yeah they should. After the first dozen or so headless criminals turned up, I think you'd see a BIG drop in crime.

So, wait sometimes you just cruise around the town with an M1 at your side? THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Sounds fun, walking around town, lookin for the bad guys, and then u get shot because u didn't have a friggin gun. The level of stupidity people have never ceases to amaze me.

You forgot "shopping carts and pillows"

At least you guys are still using a weapon that has knock down, immobilization power.

Compared to the M-16 that is.

Speaking of M-1's...I forgot to hug my 30-06 today .

Originally Posted by Jamoni

They send people out on bicycles? With .22s? WTF?!?! Why not wheelchairs and really big sticks? Or maybe brass knuckles and a unicycle? Roller skates and a BAD attitude? Oh, oh, horseback with a saber!! Now THAT would intimidate. (They should give mounted police sabers.)

They have Rollerblade cops in Paris.

So if they try to give you a ticket, just move up a hill, right?

The bycicals at least have good bycicals. And they are very fast cyclars...

Jamoni wrote-

Oh, oh, horseback with a saber!! Now THAT would intimidate. (They should give mounted police sabers.)

Acctually, were thinking about a new horseback unit for scouting the fields around here...

Popye wrote:

So, wait sometimes you just cruise around the town with an M1 at your side? THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Id like to ansawer that in to ways. firstly, as a responsible volanteer: We are a very usefull tull in preventing crimes...The weapons are only for emergencys.
Scondly, as a high school student that gets to patrol with a 7.62 carbine- 8)

Originally Posted by kidneyman

They have Rollerblade cops in Paris.

You have GOT to be sh!##!ng me!
"Pierre! the police are coming! Let's split up! I'll run through someone's yard, and you escape by simply climbing a short flight of stairs!"
Okay, check this one out: A mounted cop, (with a saber, of course) and a small pack of police dogs. And one really big dude with an MP5 and head to toe armor. NOW THAT will impact crime. Pansies in spandex on skates will NOT.

The rollerblade cop thing. They exist in the US of A too. NYC and Chicago and I think Detroit but I don't know for sure. Apparently a female cop got gang raped in a park while policing a parade. We're talking 8 billion people around, she has a black belt in judo, but no they put her on rollerblades...