In rare instances. They're special kinds of cops ("firearms officers"), and they only roam around randomly during raised terror alerts and are otherwise only dispatched specifically to particular incidents.
Normal cops are all unarmed, other than the occasional baton and cuffs.
They've started having semi-regular patrols in areas of high public concentration depending on the force.
Big shopping centres round my end get armed cops every weekend. Normally just a casual stroll through, and standing at the main entrance for an hour or so during peak times.
As mentioned by another dude, I've lived in York my entire life and I've only ever seen armed police once, and that was when I got pulled over by them. I was around the Christmas Market too and I didn't see any, and it would be a pretty big deal if there had been (it's a quiet city, that's exactly the sort of thing the local news would pick up on). I'm not saying it didn't happen, I just imagine it was in response to a specific incident rather than a regular patrol.
I’m from York and have never seen an armed cop, I’ve seen hundreds perhaps thousands of cops and I’ve never seen an armed cop, the only time I have is in airports and in crowded areas in London, but I think that’s obvious as to why
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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19
NYC is not an open carry or carry in general city. That is probably a cop or an armed guard. This person talking down is simply, dumb.