Karp, Aaron. 2012 ‘Table 2 - Examples of Police Firearms Per Officer in Selected Countries.’ Armed Actors - Estimating Law Enforcement Firearms; Research Note 24, p. 3. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. 1 December

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Table 2 - Examples of Police Firearms Per Officer in Selected Countries

Country: Agency - Sworn personnel - Number of firearms - Firearms per officer

Argentina: Provincial and Federal Police - 198,459 - 270,000 - 1.4
Brazil: Federal and state police - 687,684 - 803,200 - 1.2
Bulgaria: National Police - 33,800 - 59,400 - 1.8
Chile: Carabineros - 44,712 - 60,000 - 1.3
Colombia: Policia Nacional - 159,582 - 258,500 - 1.6
Ecuador: Policia Nacional - 38,629 - 42,000 - 1.1
England & Wales: Police - 134,101 - 35,000 - 0.3
Jamaica: Constabulary Force - 8,500 - 9,000 - 1.1
Nicaragua: Policia Nacional - 8,666 - 8,590 - 1.0
Papua New Guinea: Royal Constabulary - 5,000 - 4,800 - 1.0
Peru: Policia Nacional - 88,793 - 170,000 - 1.9
Philippines: National Police - 140,000 - 139,043 - 1.0
Serbia: Police - 26,527 - 53,100 - 2.0
South Africa: South African Police Service - 150,513 - 250,481 - 1.7
Sudan: National Police Service - 100,000 - 110,000 - 1.1
United States: Federal, state and local police - 785,000 - 1,150,000 - 1.5

Note: Source data is for a single year (latest available) in the period 1987-2012.
Source: Karp (2012)

Reference: Karp, Aaron. 2012. Estimating Law Enforcement Firearms: Source Data. Unpublished background paper. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

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