Specialist Firearms Command News Today

Good morning. Its friday 28th april. Im annita mcveigh. Police say theyve arrested six people following a Counter Terrorism operation in North West London, in which a woman was shot by armed officers. The female suspect, whos in her 20s, is under police guard in hospital. Officers believe theyve thwarted an active Terrorist Plot. The raid is not connected with yesterdays arrest near Downing Street of a man carrying knives. Our correspondent andy moore is in willesden at the scene for us now. Wha...

The officer, who is attached to the Met’s Specialist Firearms Command, was taking part in a training exercise when he sustained a gunshot wound.

A police officer needed hospital treatment after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an accident at a military training facility yesterday.

The Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) is made up of around 2,500 Met police officer who work as volunteers with no extra pay. but more than 250 have quit over the last year

Scotland Yard’s firearms unit is experiencing a recruitment crisis after just six officers applied to join, The Telegraph can reveal.

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Rahman, 25, knifed a male officer five times to his head, arm and chest near Leicester Square three days before the Queens funeral last year.

Bodycam footage released by the Metropolitan Police shows Rahman using a knife after being challenged by officers in central London.

Mohammed Rahman launched attacked a police officer as she and a colleague patrolled Leicester Square. He has since been convicted of attempted murder.

NORTHWICH residents have come together to pay tribute to two dogs who were shot dead by police in London.

A vigil is being held in Swindon this weekend in memory of two dogs shot dead by London police.