jdr

Spain has many different police forces with different rules, but usually the cops you see on the street have a pistol on their hip and it's typical to see bigger guns when they're guarding something.

I was talking about guns, but I think most don't carry pepper spray either.

See e.g. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-where-police-do-not-carry-guns.html

Some countries do have unarmed police (though usually there are special armed units).

It works really well!