Armed Police Responses UP 19% in UK:

 British newspaper The Guardian yesterday (Thursday) reported that police firearms operations in England & Wales rose by 19% in the past year - as the number of armed officers was increased and they took to the streets more often amid a growing threat from terrorism and violent crime.

West Midlands police said: “We now have more armed patrol vehicles out and about on the streets than ever before keeping people safe and, as a result, we have the capacity to respond to more incidents.”

The UK Home Office said the number of authorized firearms officers in England and Wales increased to 6,459, a rise of 181 or 3%., following a decision to increase the number to better cope with the threat of an armed terrorist attack. - The vast majority, 84%, of armed operations were carried out by officers in special gun cars called armed response vehicles, which drive around ready to be deployed.

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- I really think this rise in UK's dangerous crimes is yet another indictment that the social policies of some main Western nations are failing .. There are signs that  Bethlem Royal Hospital - usually known as BEDLAM - has taken over the Palace of Westminster.

- Kiwis - proud to be British?

Marty K.