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[in front of a protesting crowd, two characters are talking]
[blue, serious] Violence is never the solution
[purple, smug] Agreed, let's disarm the police

[blue is now shown angrily gesticulating, sweating bullets]
NO,
NOT
LIKE
THIS

https://thebad.website/comic/my_little_state_violence

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[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some countries do have unarmed police (though usually there are special armed units).

It works really well!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

france, and UK i think, probably Spain.

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

France for now, until Macron makes his own militia to take control of France

[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Guardia Civil makes up for it

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Spain has many different police forces with different rules, but usually the cops you see on the street have a pistol on their hip and it's typical to see bigger guns when they're guarding something.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the definition of armed in this case? Firearms only, or does pepper spray also count?

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was talking about guns, but I think most don't carry pepper spray either.

See e.g. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-where-police-do-not-carry-guns.html

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

Mmh, I see some mention of pepper spray. What most definitely carry are battons. Also can we talk about how god damn based Norway is, making Police a highly educated force with mandatory studies in ethics and sociology? That's the way.

Under this model, success is achieved not through high numbers of arrests, but rather is preventative with an emphasis on defusing tensions and focussing on the frequently underlying causes of crime such as poverty, addiction, and mental illness.

Some countries really understood it. Only with these things combined (as well as proper pay, healthcare etc) a police can be trusted with the right and privilege to enforce law. Still without daily gun carrying.