At present, guns are restricted to trained officers in specialist firearms units who are only deployed to the most dangerous incidents
At present, guns are restricted to trained officers in specialist firearms units who are only deployed to the most dangerous incidents
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Chief constables told firearms officers may be ‘best equipped’ to take on criminals with knives
Confidential internal safety review was commissioned after knife attack in Leicester Square in 2022
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The confidential review suggested all officers should be given semi-automating pistols as a matter of routine.
Home Secretary to commission review of ‘bureaucratic’ model she believes diverts resources away from neighbourhood policing
