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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:01 am ]
Post subject:  Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12242911

Quote:
Senior officers have called for armed transport police to be able to patrol the UK's railway network.

British Transport Police (BTP) Chief Constable Andrew Trotter has asked the government to amend the 1968 Firearms Act to allow the move.

He told ministers the terror security threat was likely to remain at the "severe" level until the 2012 Olympics.

Wow the commuter trains from Guildford must be hell. What about Chatham? ;)
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:12 am ]
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In related news the Brazilian Foreign Office advises against non-essential travel to the UK.





;)
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns
No way in hell.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns
If they are given the power for the olympics I cannot see those powers being withdrawn. Then what about all London coppers? They will demand the same rights to arm. I am against this. Armed response vehicles are sufficient.
Author:  saspro [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:23 am ]
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When my brother was working for the MOD police they'd just gone to the armoury to collect their weapons when they got a call to assist the British Transport police with an incident on a train (I think people were walking through the train mugging people as they went).

The muggers got the shock of their life when instead of a couple of British Transport police with whistles they got 6 fully armed officers boarding the train to make the arrest.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:28 am ]
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saspro wrote:
When my brother was working for the MOD police they'd just gone to the armoury to collect their weapons when they got a call to assist the British Transport police with an incident on a train (I think people were walking through the train mugging people as they went).

The muggers got the shock of their life when instead of a couple of British Transport police with whistles they got 6 fully armed officers boarding the train to make the arrest.

Calling in support is perfectly adequate when necessary.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:32 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
If they are given the power for the olympics I cannot see those powers being withdrawn. Then what about all London coppers? They will demand the same rights to arm. I am against this. Armed response vehicles are sufficient.

I think you will find that most officers are against being armed on a routine basis.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns
bobbdobbs wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
If they are given the power for the olympics I cannot see those powers being withdrawn. Then what about all London coppers? They will demand the same rights to arm. I am against this. Armed response vehicles are sufficient.

I think you will find that most officers are against being armed on a routine basis.

I support them in that.
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns
Amnesia10 wrote:
If they are given the power for the olympics I cannot see those powers being withdrawn. Then what about all London coppers? They will demand the same rights to arm. I am against this. Armed response vehicles are sufficient.

+1. IMO there is no need to arm every bobby either in London or across the UK. Also IMO it will only serve to increase the presence of illegal weapons on the street.
Author:  EddArmitage [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:27 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
Wow the commuter trains from Guildford must be hell

They're actually some of the worst I've had the joy of travelling on.
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