If police are carrying arms as a matter of course, then doesn't it encourage criminals to carry them?

如果警察理所当然地携带武器，这难道不是鼓励罪犯也携带武器吗？

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They were charged with obstructing the police in the course of their duty.

他们被指控妨碍警察执行公务。

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Letchford drove the police down the single road leading from town. The police found the man carrying the computer and, in the course of the arrest, shot him in the abdomen.

拉提佛带着警察从镇上沿着唯一的那条路直下，警察找到了那个带着电脑的人，在逮捕过程中，击中了他的腹部。

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The coroner said it was a West Mercia Police course to improve skills, not necessarily high speed, and the riders were to ride within their comfort zone.

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That is an ambiguous result, since the police, of course, could have been wrong about some of their suspects.

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There are police, of course, but law enforcement on the ground usually involves physical force which too often turns to violence, arrests, and jail time.

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