A Question re British police

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Doyle worked for the Met,Scotland Yard and CID - if I recall correctly (sometimes I get canon and fanon all mixed together!) - and he was an expert marksman. Would he have been allowed to carry a gun in any of his police roles? In the Drug squad? Undercover? My story has a apart that kind of depends on him being with some group of police that would be allowed to carry. Help?

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[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Greengerbil's info is pretty good: http://hatstand.slashcity.net/charinfo/doyle-canon.html

I only know about guns from Life on Mars. :) In that series the coppers were issued guns only for very specific operations. They didn't carry them routinely. I'm sure somebody will have great info for you.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom

This might help. I'm sure I've seen more info elsewhere, will have a look.

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure, but I would guess they would have to book guns out for assignments. That's certainly the case in The Sweeney.