Complex sentence: Despite the service not routinely carrying firearms, Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel authorised the Commissioner to purchase fifty flintlock pistols for use in emergencies, such as those that involved the use of firearms.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite the service not routinely carrying firearms, Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel authorised the Commissioner to purchase fifty flintlock pistols. For the use in emergencies, such as those that involved the use of firearms.