In a world where guns and bombs are the primary weapon of the police and the military to protect their dominions there was also a time a hundred years beforehand that the police carries a sword instead of guns because there is no guns that is handy before for the reason that it was not yet invented till the early 1910's. Here is a photo of 2 policeman wearing a traditional "guardia" attire carrying a sword this photo was taken in Bohol in the year 1898.
Photo Source: Old Manila Facebook
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