Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01532 · Session 4

Stop Public Bearing of Arms by Police

Closed Submitted 26 Aug 2014 Justice
Signatures
0
125 online signatures with a country
Comments
7
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to prevent Sir Stephen House, Chief Constable of Scotland, from allowing armed police to routinely patrol the streets of Scottish towns and villages and cities.

What the petitioner did first

I have emailed my constituency MSP, and sent copies of this email to most other MSPs. I have started a public petition at http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-arming-scottish-police and have it has been suggested by Patricia Ferguson MSP that I petition the Parliament directly.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 11 Nov 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

125 online signatures
  1. Scotland99 79.2%
  2. United Kingdom24 19.2%
  3. England2 1.6%

Comments

7 comments, oldest first
  1. Joanne Paton 15 Sep 2014
    If police want to have guns why don't they train to be in the Armed Police?It's been proved in America that Police having guns STOPS NOTHING then puts more guns on the streets.Then police are known to make mistakes.This country has an armed gun squad.Why more?
  2. Pamela Dawson 23 Sep 2014
    I can't believe only 63 people feel strongly about this. I it anything to do with the fact that I do not seem able to post it on Facebook?
  3. Ian B Malcolm 24 Sep 2014
    Only became aware of this by default, seems strange the links to promote it are disconnected?
  4. Allyn brown 26 Sep 2014
    No guns on patrolling police
  5. roy laird 26 Sep 2014
    this is a fundamental change in the way we police and more over the perception of the policing by the public
  6. Thomas Walker 26 Sep 2014
    There is no need for the Police to open carry in Scotland. Firearms should be locked up in their safes in the boots of patrol cars until needed and authorised.
  7. Robert Elder 26 Sep 2014
    It is bad enough that I have seen the miss use of cs gas and extendable batons on the public and if we seek to complain we are told to get away (but not so politely) and now you want a weapon that is fully lethal this is an injustice from those who we are soppsed to trust with justice