1.   In the days of apartheid, it helped the white government arm the police who patrolled and terrorized black townships.

2.   It was not clear Friday why riot police were armed with lead bullets.

3.   Nichols said the police will be armed with heavier caliber weapons, and many of the metal detectors and X-ray machines at the entrances will be upgraded.

4.   Opinions on arming campus police also seem to mirror regional attitudes toward guns.

5.   The figures do not include Northern Ireland, where gun violence is more common and the police are routinely armed.

6.   The hospital police are not armed, though some carry batons.

7.   The police are armed too.

8.   A major issue still dividing countries and delaying the police deployment is whether the civilian police should be armed.

9.   Although all Dutch police are armed, they rarely use their service pistols and such killings are rare.