Will more armed police keep Britain’s streets safe? Armed violence expert uncertain

‘An increase in armed police will not necessarily keep Britain’s streets safer from terror attacks, a leading expert on armed violence has said.

Director of Policy and Investigations at Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) Iain Overton made the comment in response to the government’s decision to expand the Metropolitan Police’s pool of armed officers by 600.

The policy change was put in place after Scotland Yard reviewed its capacity to respond to armed massacres in the wake of last year’s Paris attacks. Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the program was a direct response to the atrocities in the French capital, which left 130 people dead.’

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