Incredible behind-the-scenes photos of Britain's armed police
SHOCKING photos show what life is really like for an armed police officer in London in a new book by a firearms veteran.
The unsettling snapshots are included in veteran firearms officer Stephen Smith’s new book London’s Armed Police: Up Close And Personal, a behind-the-scenes look at the Met’s Specialist Firearms Unit SCO19. The book covers events from the controversial shooting of Azelle Rodney in 2005 and Mark Duggan in 2011 , right up to the outrageous terrorist attacks on Westminster, London Bridge and Borough Market in 2017.
"Officers still have a responsibility to maintain the peace, fulfil a support role to their unarmed colleagues across London and act as a deterrent to armed criminals and would-be terrorists, while being prepared at any moment for a major terrorist attack.“In 1983, excluding the non-Home Office forces, such as the CNC and MOD Police, I was one of 13,200 officers in England and Wales authorised to carry firearms. In 2016 there were just 5,639.
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