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6 unusual facts about Firearms unit


Firearms unit

Possibly one of the most notable FIUs is the Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident & Trafalgar, which initially only investigated gun crime involving the black community but has since expanded to investigate all shootings.

Potential SFOs are also trained in safe entry into air and watercraft.

Within London's Metropolitan Police, "authorised shots" were not completely phased out after the creation of AFO and SFO.

In the Metropolitan Police the issue of firearms to stations was standardised with; ten pistols with 320 rounds of ammunition issued to divisional stations, six pistols with 192 rounds per sub-divisional station, and three pistols with 96 rounds to each section station.

The Metropolitan Police was formed on the 29 September 1829, with the passing of the Metropolitan Police Act.

Despite this, Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel gave the Commissioner authorisation to purchase fifty flintlock pocket pistols for use in exceptional circumstances.


Armed response vehicle

Outside of London, ARVs are controlled and organised by the Force Firearms Unit, and within the capital they are controlled by Specialist Firearms Command.


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