Monday, September 25, 2023

JOB ACTION BY LIMEY ARMED POLICE OFFICERS

By Bob Walsh

 

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As most people know the police services in Great Britain are generally not armed.  With things being what they are in the real world about 10% of the police in metropolitan London have the training and authorization to carry weapons and armed police officers do routine patrols (as opposed to critical incident responses) these days.  

The problem for them is that a decision was made to charge one of those officers with murder in the death of Chris Kaba, 24, one year ago.  The officer, whose name has not been released, was granted conditional release and will likely face trial next year.  

In response to this decision a significant number of Met Officers have backed away from their status as armed officers.  More than 100 of the 300 armed officers have turned in their firearms permits.  Officers from neighboring areas were called in on Saturday night to assist if necessary and the military was prepped to respond if necessary.  (It wasn't.)

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said that she will review the situation to ensure that armed officers have the confidence they need to do their job.  

In the entirety of Wales and England for all of last year police only fired on suspects four times.  

In 2021 a police officer was successfully prosecuted for on-duty murder for shooting a former professional soccer player with a "stun gun" and then kicking him in the head when he was down.  He got eight years.

A recent independent review of the London Metropolitan Police concluded that the general public had lost confidence in the coppers due to deep-seated racism, rampant homophobia and general misogyny.  

EDITOR'S NOTE: Deep-seated racism, rampant homophobia and general misogyny -- Just like American cops. 

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