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Dramatic_Hammer
Well armed coppers are there for a specific reason so any distraction from that could mean something will go wrong. You can't go rolling about on the ground with some urchin when you're all kitted up however you have to weigh up your options and threats. Is what is happening a deliberate distraction to take you away from your primary function? If you can detain someone for an unarmed cop to take away then that could be your option but you've always got to be aware that you cannot be sidetracked. It's a serious thing to be carrying a firearm about on the streets of the UK and if you're put in a postion where you have to use it you have to justify it. If you've put yourself into a situation you didn't need to be in then justification is more difficult.