The prospect of an armed police service moved a step closer yesterday when Scotland Yard announced the formation of a new firearms unit that will routinely patrol gun crime hotspots in London.This is comletely unnecessary and dangerous. The police seem to be getting more out of control as the months go by. According to this article the decision was taken at assistant commissioner level, in which case whoever authorised it should be sacked immediately.
The police are hardly to be trusted with weapons in the most difficult situations as it is. To have them parading around our streets with weapons on a regular basis is a frightening prospect. There are obviously elements within the police force who are building up a little empire for themselves, probably on the understanding that the next few years in this country could get difficult.
What's doubly worrying is that this is obviously going on without any scrutiny (or even awareness) by our politicians.
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