Ranges, certain situations.
Yes- if registered with the BATFE and with the State Police.
Yes, with the very few exceptions of certain older automatic mechanical guns.
Guns, tasers, police sticks, walkie talkies, etc.
to arm there selves if they need to use it and to have the advantage
MjolkDrikker 22mm
A long metal stick
Sig Sauer P229
Hawaiian police use standard radar guns. They also use laser guns to catch speeder and have been doing so since the 1980's.
The only police to use firearms in the UK, are specialised groups such as the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, or special teams within territorial police forces. When the metropolitan police force was established, officers did not carry guns.
Glock 9MM Model's 17/19
They had involuntarily handed over their guns to the police.
Not in the UK they don't ! The 'regular' police are limited to carrying a truncheon or baton, and a CS spray. Specialist (firearms) officers can carry hand-guns, automatic rifles and stun-guns.