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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
uBoat509,
Joe's point is this:
If only cops are allowed to have a certain knife or article and that cop who is deep undercover has that knife or article found on them when searched by a bad guy, bad guy has found proof he's got a cop.
Result: Cover compromised or blown, cop is at high personal risk of injury or death and all the police work on that investigation is flushed down the toilet.
Word on the street travels at light speed and bad guys find out what cops carry and use, especially if that item is restricted to law enforcement only.
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I would say, not neccessarily. He could always claim he got it illegally and still maintain plausible deniability. I would think he would have a harder time explaining why he had a plastic knife. If the bad guys are using some type of metal detector then they will want to know why you are trying to sneak a weapon past their security. If they don't have metal detectors then why not have a metal knife? And how much protection is a plastic knife anyway in that situation? Ah, well. I'm probably overthinking this anyway.
SFC W