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

Yeah, guess I forgot about the US Army MP's.... Again the ability to
have
short or no supply lines is handy. You can drive to the scene of the
riot or
shoot out, finish your doughnut and not hump umpteen million miles just
to
get shot at. So individual RCMP detachments are doled out weapons
according
to need/ budget/ mission/ status rather than by some overweaning
master-plan. Interesting. Well it's not much of an effort to change
Royal
Canadian to Royal COLONIAL so maybe that's a good starting point for
NAC's
law enforcement arm. I imagine some RCMP detachments have to cover a
bazillion square miles (hectares?) in some of the more remote areas of
Canada, much like some theoretical frontier worlds. Sargeant Preston of
Alpha Centauri? and his glort Centauri King!?

> ----------
> From: 	Thomas Barclay[SMTP:Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca]
> Reply To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Sent: 	Friday, September 18, 1998 6:58 PM
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	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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