&gt;<i>Soft-spoken and gentle-mannered, Constable Collins carries a baton and pepper spray, but no gun. His weapon is his memory</i><p>I don&#x27;t like this journalistic BS trickery.<p>That he doesn&#x27;t carry a gun is not some unique trait of him as implied here.<p>Most english policement DON&#x27;T carry guns (except in special units and circumstances) -- something that a lot of the US-based NYT readership wont know about.