Police officers and a second firearm

[squarestar]

Do police officers in Canada get to carry a 'back-up' pistol at all?
By this I mean a duty sidearm on waist, and another pistol on ankle maybe?
I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question. I was just reading some stories written by U.S. police officers last night and it appears that some of them are allowed to. I guess it would depend on the department for them.
Thank you for your time.

[squarestar]

Oops, please disregard this message. I just did a little more search on the forums and found a post related to it.
My apologies.

[Hoodwinkle]

There are lots of Canadian officers who carry a second and some a third firearm.

[VanB]

I carry one all the time, in my pants.

I like to refer to it as the:




it's surprising how many times I've been able to post that photo on here.

[Mister E]

I carry one all the time, in my pants.

Due to it's tiny size and lack of functionality however, it's been deemed a replica.

It's like a gun, only smaller.

[CourtOfficer]

I've never found two to be enough. It takes me a while to kit up in the morning but some day it could save my life. I recorded a quick video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ade7dO8dmd4

CO

[Kopparoo2b]

[squarestar]

I've never found two to be enough. It takes me a while to kit up in the morning but some day it could save my life. I recorded a quick video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ade7dO8dmd4

CO

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[squarestar]

There are lots of Canadian officers who carry a second and some a third firearm.

I would, if I was a police officer, feel somewhat safer if I had a second firearm.
If someone took your pistol away then of course the first priority would be to try and get the pistol back, and then theres the time it takes to pull another pistol out... but in my limited opinion I would think there might be a bit of a surprise element to it and stuff if the officer ended up on the ground on his back...or something. lol

[Apollo]

I've never found two to be enough. It takes me a while to kit up in the morning but some day it could save my life. I recorded a quick video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ade7dO8dmd4

CO

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

To be honest, It's not that funny. It's not funny at all.

[squarestar]

I carry one all the time, in my pants.

I like to refer to it as the:




it's surprising how many times I've been able to post that photo on here.

[three-six]

I've never found two to be enough. It takes me a while to kit up in the morning but some day it could save my life. I recorded a quick video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ade7dO8dmd4

CO

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

To be honest, It's not that funny. It's not funny at all.

Exactly. Nothing funny about it. Once you've been there, you have a whole different perspective on schools and guns.

[nubbsy]

I've never found two to be enough. It takes me a while to kit up in the morning but some day it could save my life. I recorded a quick video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ade7dO8dmd4

CO

CO you forgot to remove the pistol at your ankle, we are watching you.

[nubbsy]

I've never found two to be enough. It takes me a while to kit up in the morning but some day it could save my life. I recorded a quick video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ade7dO8dmd4

CO

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

To be honest, It's not that funny. It's not funny at all.

Guns in school isn't funny but the context in which CO was posting was, it is amazing though how many guns you can get into a pair of pants.

[Hoodwinkle]

Guns in school isn't funny but the context in which CO was posting was, it is amazing though how many guns you can get into a pair of pants.

Especially a full sized pump shotgun! I was waiting for him to pull out the 106mm recoilless rifle.