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Originally Posted by The Colonel
The problem with comparison to modern law enforcement would be the very real possibility that you have multiple groups of "cops" who might or might not suddenly throw down with one another for reasons not in the public domain - that would definitely make people nervous. I would suspect that the normal setting approach would be for each retinue to have their own drinking establishment and people only to worry if they saw several sets of livery at once...
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I think a lot of people think about the possibility of being caught in an armed confrontation when they see an on-duty policy officer doing business in the store they're in. I think a conspicuously visible sheathed weapon always makes people think of the possibility of a conspicuously unsheathed weapon. It doesn't necessarily matter who's carrying them.