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The 19 Countries That Do Not Routinely Arm Their Police Officers

CNN

19 July 2017

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The United States arms some 900,000 law enforcement officers, according to 2014 FBI figures – in concert with the majority of the world's police forces who are also armed.

However, a small club of 19 nations do not routinely arm their police forces, including most of the UK, Ireland, Iceland and Norway. Three-fourths of the southern Pacific islands do not give guns to their officers either. Countries without armed police officers on average exhibit gun-homicide rates markedly lower than countries with armed police forces.

[Graphic: The Majority of the world's police carry firearms but some countries have chosen not to arm their officers.
COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT ROUTINELY ARM POLICE:
- Botswana
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Kiribati
- Malawi
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norway
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- United Kingdom (excl. Ireland)
- Vanuatu
- Virgin Islands (US)]

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