Syria's 'Free Police' outgunned by all its foes
'In areas outside state control, Shallaf says he heads a force of over a thousand policemen with U.S., British and Danish backing that has paid for salaries, uniforms, vehicles, generators, computers - but not guns.
That is in line with the broader policy of Western states that form part of a "Friends of Syria" alliance which have shied away from arming the opposition to Assad.
"The problem in the policy of the Friends of Syria is that it prevents support in the form of weapons, even simple handguns." '