>>I worked for several years in the "Fugitive" bureau and it was not unusual to pull the pisto a couple of times during a shift, because I was doing building entries. I also worked many drug operations and that called for having the pistol out too. If I only pulled the pistol 2 times a week, averaging 48 weeks a year, for 31 years, that would be 2976 times. That doesn't take many of the overtime details I worked doing special ops.
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>Ok, working on tasks where it it is standard ops I did not picture, and the "fugitive" part is something I think happening more often in the US as well.
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>@Tracy: I really am a number buff - remember that we have here less weapons on the whole. Not having to fire speaks clearly of profecialism. I had equated John's number with preparing to draw over here, but only for "normal" cops. I am pretty sure that my views on justice are more on the conservative side even for US standards (making me a dinosaur relict over here) but there are other areas like the puritanism shown in public where I prefer european ways<g>.
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>regards
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>thomas

No problem. We operate under different circumstances. Discussion is educational/