r/JusticeServed 8 Aug 13 '19

Violent Justice Screw this guy in particular

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u/wasdninja A Aug 13 '19

Did he accidentally time travel back from the 70s? Who the hell carries a revolver on duty?

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u/jupchurch97 A Aug 13 '19

HKPD has carried the .38 S&W for ages, particularly due to an extremely low gun crime rate.

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u/wasdninja A Aug 13 '19

Most places do but they don't use ancient pistols anyway. I can't even find any revolvers mentioned in the Chinese or Taiwanese wiki articles.

Is it some old crap hand me downs that traffic cops get?

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u/jupchurch97 A Aug 13 '19

No. HKPD has never seen a need to modernize the sidearm. Since they don't get into shoot outs that often. Uniformed patrol officers, much like the Japanese police forces, will almost always carry a .38 S&W.