Rejected petition Stop the Scottish police routinely carrying firearms

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The policy of Scottish firearms officers now carrying their weapons on routine patrols is unnecessary and fuels a climate of fear.

We’re calling on you to revert this policy. For safety, firearms should be locked away and only taken out by a firearms officer when it is deemed necessary and authorised by a senior officer.

Why is this important?

If police carry arms routinely, this will fuel fear and criminals might arm themselves more heavily.

Despite this, a number of police officers (around 300) are now routinely carrying sidearms while on patrol in much of Scotland. Armed police officers have been seen in a bakery, in a branch of Aldi and at a routine traffic incident in Glasgow - all incidents where it was unnecessary for the officer to have a firearm by his side.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 August 2014
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