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  • To First U.S. Bobby, Unarmed Is Unsafe

    12/11/2005 2:04:19 AM PST · by TopQuark · 50 replies · 1,465+ views
    Washington Post Foreign Service ^ | December 11, 2005 | Kevin Sullivan
    To First U.S. Bobby, Unarmed Is Unsafe Officer's Outcry Revives Debate on Gun Policy READING, England -- During his training to become a British police officer, Ben Johnson recalled, an instructor told him and other recruits, "If you ever see somebody carrying a gun, turn and run away as quickly as possible." "It was a bizarre situation," said Johnson, 34, a former police officer in Garland, Tex., and U.S. Army soldier who moved here with his British wife three years ago and became this country's first non-British police officer. He said running from trouble was exactly the opposite of what...