Re: [SG2] You'll never take me alive, coppers:Was RE: PA availab

George,Eugene spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> 2) Armed (Most US (Canadian? Mexican? Street Cops/Sheriffs, Armored
car
> guards) Have small caliber handguns, shotguns for defense/offense. May
have
> light body armor.

I know of some RCMP detachments where they don't even have shotguns 
anymore in the cars. (They didn't use them enough to merit the 
maintenance). 
 
> 3) Paramilitary (SWAT Teams, Carbinieri,???) Armed with smg's, sniper
> rifles, assault rifles. Light body armor a must, at least.

Some SWAT teams have BA better than military BA with full steel or 
ceramic inserts and full torso, neck, head, groin, and thigh 
protection and ballistic kneegaurds. And some SWAT snipers have 
better sniper weapons for their purposes (most shots under 200m) than 
the military snipers.  

> 4) Military  Indistinguishable from the local military. (Banana
Republics,
> Soviet KGB Border Guards/ Customs Guards) Probably less (or no)
> artillery/armor support though.... 

US MPs?
 
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