Chief constables told firearms officers may be ‘best equipped’ to take on criminals with knives
Chief constables told firearms officers may be ‘best equipped’ to take on criminals with knives
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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.
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