Scotland Yard deploys 600 new armed officers on London’s streets in response to European terror attacks

Britain’s biggest police force is to put more armed officers on public patrol as part of anti-terrorism plans.
Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the first of the force’s additional 600 marksmen, put in place following terror attacks in mainland Europe, are trained and operationally ready.
Officers armed with handguns and semi-automatic weapons, as well as Tasers, will go on routine patrol in the capital.
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