Should all police cars carry guns?

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Opinion

The Police Minister will meet the Police Commissioner to discuss a report on whether to give officers easier access to firearms following the brutal machete attack on a policeman on Saturday morning.

Senior Constable Bruce Mellor remained in a serious but stable condition in Palmerston North Hospital this morning after suffering a fractured skull, a broken eye socket and jaw and broken front teeth, a "patchwork" of cuts to his face, skull, arms and hands and a massive gash running around his forehead to his ear.

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