The New York Times reports that “patrol officers here will have the option of carrying assault rifles as they try to combat the rise in the use of similar weapons by criminals, the city’s police chief said Sunday.”

John F. Timoney, the Miami police chief, approved the policy last week before a Miami-Dade police officer was killed on Thursday in a shootout with a man yielding an assault rifle.

As reported by the New York Times, “officers interested in the guns will have to undergo two days of training and be certified in their use. The police department does not yet have the money to buy the assault rifles, and if officers want to use them immediately they will have to pay for them, Chief Timoney said.”

The Miami Police Department revealed that 15 of its 79 homicides last year involved assault weapons. 12 of the 60 homicides this year have involved the high-power guns.

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