Armed Response: Inside S019: Scotland Yard's Elite Armed Response Unit

by RogerGray (Author)

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  2005

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  SO19 is the Met's Armed Response Unit - an elite team of experienced firearms officers who are ready to be on-scene in minutes to meet the threat of an armed incident in the capital. Following the horrific terrorist attacks in London in July 2005 and the tragic accidental shooting of an innocent Brazilian man thought to be involved in the attacks, the profile of the Metropolitan Police's armed unit has never been so high. The tough decisions they face on a daily basis have been brought to the forefront of the public's mind and the controversial so-called 'shoot to kill' policy has been hotly debated throughout the media.

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  2006

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  Armed Response tells the gripping and often alarming story of SO19, the Armed Response Unit of the Met, and the Trojans within SO19 - the armed response vehicles permanently on patrol. Driven by the need for experience armed officers to be on the scene within minutes, the men and women of SO19 are called upon to stare death in the face as a matter of routine. This fully revised and updated edition, including a new chapter on the London terrorist attacks and their aftermath, provides a vivid and extraordinary account of the work these brave men and women undertake.