The phrase "armed cops" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to police officers who are carrying firearms, typically in contexts discussing law enforcement or public safety.
Example: "The city has seen an increase in crime, prompting the deployment of armed cops in high-risk areas."
Alternatives: "armed police" or "gun-carrying officers".
There were heavily armed cops, police cars, bomb-squad trucks, and F.B.I. vehicles.
Its entrance is now blocked by a metal detector; armed cops share the corridors with teenage girls.
They advocate putting an end to the deadly practice of having armed cops stop motorists because of minor traffic issues, such as a busted taillight.
By now, you may well have seen the video of heavily armed cops in Ferguson, Missouri, apparently firing tear gas at a film crew from Al Jazeera America and sending the journalists fleeing.
By John Cassidy August 14, 2014 By now, you may well have seen the video of heavily armed cops in Ferguson, Missouri, apparently firing tear gas at a film crew from Al Jazeera America and sending the journalists fleeing.
As a 55-year-old black woman who has been an activist against police brutality for nearly four decades, I won't be joining in any protests against the verdict surrounded by heavily armed cops who are licensed to kill with impunity.
A lot of the German troops are little more than heavily armed traffic cops".
Until a minute later, three heavily armed D.C. cops took me out of the room".
It was quite the sight: seven armed Chicago cops standing next to the nervous crew as people used their cell phones to take video of the scene.
This tiny secluded park seemed a world away from the circus below, the snarl of barricades outside the building, the tourists taking selfies with the big brassy "Trump Tower" sign in the background, and the heavily armed counterterror cops standing guard near the revolving door entrance.
Other research has found that arming cops with more military equipment results in more civilian deaths, and a recent FBI survey of police departments also found that patrol rifles carried by police officers "contribute to a militarized appearance unacceptable for much of the public".
