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The average British bobby does not carry a gun, except in Northern Ireland and certain parts of Nottingham and London. Only about 7% of coppers are licensed to use firearms. This means that when they encounter a criminal who does have a gun (which may either be a replica gun or real), they are often in rather serious trouble, because a stab vest (body armour designed to stop knife attacks) cannot stop bullets. The copper ends up with a villain pointing a gun at them. The situation can go many ways from here: The latter has four outcomes: Examples of The Great British Copper Capture include:

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  • The average British bobby does not carry a gun, except in Northern Ireland and certain parts of Nottingham and London. Only about 7% of coppers are licensed to use firearms. This means that when they encounter a criminal who does have a gun (which may either be a replica gun or real), they are often in rather serious trouble, because a stab vest (body armour designed to stop knife attacks) cannot stop bullets. The copper ends up with a villain pointing a gun at them. The situation can go many ways from here: The latter has four outcomes: Examples of The Great British Copper Capture include:
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  • The average British bobby does not carry a gun, except in Northern Ireland and certain parts of Nottingham and London. Only about 7% of coppers are licensed to use firearms. This means that when they encounter a criminal who does have a gun (which may either be a replica gun or real), they are often in rather serious trouble, because a stab vest (body armour designed to stop knife attacks) cannot stop bullets. In most cases, the coppers know that there are likely to be guns involved and will send the Armed Response Units (police officers complete with bullet proof vests, helmets and Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine guns) in first. However, sometimes they get it wrong and a gun ends up being produced. The copper ends up with a villain pointing a gun at them. The situation can go many ways from here: * It turns into a Perp and Weapon situation. * The Armed Response Units turn up and interrupt things, occasionally fatally, for the villain. * The copper actually gets shot during an escape attempt. * They get taken hostage for a varying period of time. The latter has four outcomes: * The copper talks down the gunman and arrests him. * The gunman admits to the crime and shoots himself. * The gunman pretends to attack the copper, thus successfully attempting Suicide by Cop. * The gunman opens up his heart to the copper and, after making himself sympathetic to the audience, gets tragically shot by a trigger-happy sniper. Such situations, fortunately, happen far more often in fiction than in real life. Examples of The Great British Copper Capture include:
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