30-12-2010, 11:06 AM
Keith Millea Wrote:Well,you've got a long way to go before you reach our standards.In the US the man would have had a minimum of 50 bullet holes.You know,just making sure he doesn't get up and cuss at the cops.....
Here you go Keith - the shape of things arriving:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/new...-time.html
Quote:Machine-gun police set to patrol Brit streets
By ANTHONY FRANCE
Crime Reporter
Published: 23 Oct 2009
COPS armed with machine-guns are to patrol the streets on foot in a revolutionary move for British policing.
The specialist squad will be permanently assigned to hotspots plagued by gun-toting drug gangs.
It is the first time in the UK that armed officers have been put on permanent patrol.
The cops - some on motorbikes - will carry Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine-guns capable of firing up to 800 rounds-per-minute and Glock 17 semi-automatic pistols.
Critics say the Met Police move brings us a step closer to the day when all Britain's police have guns.
The new unit is targeting the most dangerous areas in London to end turf wars between rival gangs.
The team - of 18 constables, an inspector and two sergeants - have been hand-picked by top brass at CO19, the Met's Specialist Firearm Command branch.
Notorious
Patrols will start from November 9 after a series of trial runs on notorious estates in Brixton and Tottenham.
Inspector Derek Carroll, who leads the unit, said: "Historically CO19 was only called out when someone rang to report a gun crime.
"But young people in 'postcode gangs' - aged 14 and up - are controlling areas of estates in parts of London.
"We will look at gangs that have access to firearms and will be robust in dealing with them."
Gun crime in London is rocketing with 1,736 cases between April and September this year - 252 more than in the same period last year.
The number of "war wound" shootings - in which gang members blast rivals' legs for "disrespecting" them - has more than doubled.
In October 2000, cops on the beat in Nottingham were temporarily given guns after a string of drug-linked shootings.
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In the below story, the reason given is the London Olympics. But, this is, of course, a "thin edge of the wedge" rationale. These squads will not stand down after the Olympics. By then they'll be fully entrenched:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/police-machine-gun-squads-for-britain/story-e6frf7jx-1225945812696
Quote:Police machine gun squads for Britain
October 31, 2010 2:45PM
PARAMILITARY police squads armed with machine guns that can fire 750 rounds a minute will be set up across Britain to tackle the threat of a Mumbai-style terror attack in the run-up to the London Olympics.
In a move that will change the face of British policing, chief constables have agreed to buy several hundred Heckler & Koch G36 machine guns to arm the new units.
The squads will be composed of marksmen hand-picked from forces and will be attached to units in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and other regional centers. They will be on stand-by for 24 hours a day to deal with any attempts to replicate the raid by 10 gunmen on Mumbai in November 2008 in which 174 people died.
As well as terrorists they will be called out to incidents such as that involving Derrick Bird, the taxi driver who killed 12 people in Cumbria this summer before shooting himself.
The move follows months of Whitehall wrangling. Some regional chiefs had been reluctant to back the plan, fearing it would transform the image of the British bobby. But it has the backing of Prime Minister David Cameron, who is said to have taken a close interest in how to address the terrorist threat.
The machine guns are being deployed by the German and Spanish armies and have been used in counterinsurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They have a range of 800m and can be fitted with a grenade-launcher. They will supplement the current model used by British police which is configured to fire a single round at a time.
The network will be under the control of local chief constables. But in a national emergency such as a terrorist assault they will be overseen by a new national co-ordinator based at Scotland Yard.
The anti-terrorist firearms response teams will mirror the half-dozen or so regional counterterrorist hubs set up after the July 2005 London bombings in which 52 people died.
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