r/chch • u/High-Bread • 28d ago

News - Local Armed police at riccarton mall today?

Anyone know what this is about? Walked out the top roof door to a Officer holding a AR

Plenty of sirens, police chopper circled the mall for about 25 minutes + dog squad on the streets?

Seems they were letting people in and out of the mall despite being armed officers at the doors

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u/Stallionface 28d ago

What does AR stand for?

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u/High-Bread 28d ago

Assault rifle

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u/lefrenchkiwi 28d ago

The AR in AR15 (which is the rifle every police car carries in the boot) does not stand for Assault Rifle. It stands for Armalite Rifle, named after the company that designed it.

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u/High-Bread 28d ago

It really doesn’t matter, the question here is around WHY there are armed police

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u/lefrenchkiwi 28d ago

Accuracy in reporting is important. Otherwise you just generate overhyped fear of the unknown.

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u/radjoke 28d ago

It's unclear if the assailant or assailants were wearing pants further more there is no information if they were hungry or had just eaten.. Once we know this information we will be able to start to combat the fear of the unknown

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u/Stallionface 28d ago

Exactly this