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Chilling new face of police in Britain: New counter terrorism 'robocops' dressed in military fatigues and armed with semi-automatic rifles deployed at Wembley
Armed to the teeth and sporting military fatigues and a combat helmet, the officer is part of a counter-terrorism unit unveiled at Wembley last night
Armed to the teeth and sporting military fatigues, the officers are part of a counter-terrorism unit
Elite Scotland Yard squad arrived in huge armoured vehicles to throw a ring of steel around Wembley Stadium
The marksmen were also toting their new lightweight, semi-automatic SIG 516 rifle for the friendly match
They came out of the shadows in the wake of the massacre of 129 people in Paris on Friday
Heightened terror threat was confirmed when Germany v Holland was called off due to a 'concrete' bomb threat
By CHRIS GREENWOOD FOR THE DAILY MAIL
She is the new face of British policing.
Armed to the teeth and sporting military fatigues and a combat helmet, the officer is part of a counter-terrorism unit unveiled at Wembley last night.
The elite Scotland Yard squad arrived in huge armoured vehicles to throw a ring of steel around the 80,000 fans watching England beat France.
The marksmen were also toting their new lightweight, semi-automatic SIG 516 rifle.
The 130-strong unit has been developing new tactics with UK special forces, including abseiling from helicopters and tackling rampaging gunmen.
They have been trained to shoot for the head instead of the usual target, the chest.
They came out of the shadows in the wake of the massacre of 129 people in Paris on Friday.
The heightened terror threat was confirmed last night when another friendly – between Germany and the Netherlands – was called off very late because of a ‘concrete’ bomb threat.
No risks were taken because three of the seven Paris suicide bombers had targeted a fixture at the Stade de France between France and Germany.
Last night’s match began with English and French fans uniting to sing France’s national anthem, La Marseillaise.
One expert described the counter-terrorism officers at Wembley as ‘effectively SAS officers in police uniform’.
Amid some of the tightest security ever seen at a sporting fixture, they took up key positions around the ground.
Many of the officers chose to cover their faces because they sometimes work undercover.
Their new weapon was selected to boost the power of police to respond to armed threats with increased accuracy while allowing them to move in confined spaces.
Their distinctive Jankel vans were last seen on the streets of the capital during the 2011 riots.
The huge US trucks are effectively armoured vehicles, with huge amounts of space for officers and equipment.
The elite Scotland Yard squad arrived in huge armoured vehicles to throw a ring of steel around the 80,000 fans watching England beat France
The marksmen were also toting their new lightweight, semi-automatic SIG 516 rifle
The heightened terror threat was confirmed last night when another friendly – between Germany and the Netherlands – was called off very late because of a ‘concrete’ bomb threat
There is concern that there are not enough firearms officers to counter a similar threat to Paris and they that could be outgunned by militants with battlefield weapons.
But senior officers say they are confident their officers can handle any threat, including a gang of marauding suicide bombers armed with AK-47s.
This summer they held an exercise in which assault rifle-wielding gunmen attacked a Tube station and took dozens of people hostage.
It demonstrated a new stage in British policing tactics in which officers abandoned ‘contain and negotiate’ in favour of an aggressive attack.
Officers were seen using ballistic shields of the kind used in Paris to directly confront the gunmen within minutes.
There is concern that there are not enough firearms officers to counter a similar threat to Paris and they that could be outgunned by militants with battlefield weapons
This summer they held an exercise in which assault rifle-wielding gunmen attacked a Tube station and took dozens of people hostage
The photographs of heavily-armed officers are far removed from the traditional Dixon of Dock Green image of the British bobby.
And they will raise fears of a move toward an increasingly paramilitary-style of law enforcement – and of opening a gap between police and public.
But police chiefs insist that they must counter increasingly highly trained attackers who care little for anyone’s life, including their own.
In America, there has been controversy over the sale of surplus army equipment to police forces, including tanks, armoured cars and heavy weaponry.
The 130-strong unit has been developing new tactics with UK special forces, including abseiling from helicopters and tackling rampaging gunmen
A Met spokesman said: ‘The SIG 516 is a weapon which is widely used across the country and was selected after an intensive evaluation process, where the firearm was subjected to extensive testing under carefully monitored and controlled conditions.
‘The rifle brings improvements to the Met’s capability to respond to armed threats, through improved accuracy and ease of handling in confined spaces, for example in vehicles.’
The unit has trained alongside special forces to respond to assaults such as the Mumbai attacks and the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi.
DAILYMAIL
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3322976/Chilling-new-face-police-Britain.html
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