London's Armed Police: Up Close and Personal

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The pictures give a great glimpse of how armed policing has changed over the years without disclosing their tactics and the policies with it. They train CTSFO members to a higher level than other members of SCO19, and most trainees started as ARV Officers. It also covers the technology, tools and clothing that has been developed to meet the demands of modern-day policing.

We are in ongoing discussions with those officers to support them and to fully understand the genuinely held concerns that they have. The inner being made up of armed officers, and the outer of unarmed to prevent members of the public gaining entry and prevent traffic entering the affected area. Source) Overall, giving SCO19 has around 130 highly trained specialists on standby and can be deployed by air or maritime transportation. Three attackers drove a van down the pavement on London Bridge before fleeing the vehicle to look for people to stab in Borough Market.The Ministry of Defence loaned Sten submachine guns, along with a number of Lee–Enfield No4 bolt-action rifles. To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy , which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts , which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow. Photograph: Peter Titmuss/Alamy View image in fullscreen Firearms cover at airports, parliament and relating to the royal family and diplomatic protection is not being affected by some officers pulling out of armed patrols. Firearms cover at airports, parliament and relating to the royal family and diplomatic protection is not being affected by some officers pulling out of armed patrols.

AUTHOR: Stephen Smith, a veteran of over a thousand armed operations during his twenty-two years with the Metropolitan Police specialist firearms command, was born in south London in 1960. The police department, known as the Met, has more than 34,000 officers, about 2,500 of whom are licensed to carry firearms.The main role of an SFO is to intervene in situations that are beyond the control of AFOs, such as building sieges involving a hostage situation. Before a police officer can apply to join the firearms unit, they are required to have completed their two-year probationary period. In 1948, concerns were aired by the Home Office over the civil police's role if there were to be another war, invasion or the newly posed threat of nuclear attack. He joined the Met at nineteen and after twelve years in uniform passed selection for PT17, the Mets firearms unit, where he was selected to work on the specialist firearms teams, experiencing first-hand the explosive and controversial world of police firearms operations. Compared to their normal counterparts, Metropolitan officers receive enhanced training and are on constant standby, prepared to deploy at a moment’s notice to any firearms incident in London.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As a result, the unit is now training with UK special forces to enhance their abilities to a higher standard. During the early 1990s, most forces adopted white dress shirts for officers, rather than the previous light blue. Come on a journey with veteran firearms officer, Stephen Smith as he goes behind the scenes of the Met's Specialist Firearms Unit, CO19. Whatever the readers' motivation, this is a readable and well laid out account of the Met police firearms unit and one that is sure to not disappoint.Stephen takes you through the events and then places his views from the perspective of a highly experienced and trained firearms officer. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.