I am glad all policemen are armed with a gun and baton to defend themselves and maintain law and order. But not all security personnel are armed with guns for self-defence.

What will happen if a man armed with a knife attacks a security officer employed by SMRT or SBS Transit? Can these officers defend themselves and passengers at the MRT station?

My purpose is not to criticise the policeman for using his revolver to defend himself and others from an armed and dangerous man but to ask if such a man could be overpowered if he attacked an unarmed security officer.

Ace Kindred Cheong Shiang Hoow