Number of police firearms operations drop for the first time in four years Number of police firearms operations has fallen for the first time in four years Operations fell 4% to just under 19,400 in England and Wales in year to March The drop – of 820 incidents year-on-year – is the first since 2015-16 … Read more
The leading St. Louis city prosecutor is considering pressing charges against a Missouri lawyer couple after they were seen brandishing guns at protesters outside their $1.15million mansion. Mark McCloskey, 63, and his wife Patricia McCloskey, 61, were seen in multiple videos and photos on Sunday evening touting an AR-15 rifle and a handgun as protesters marched. … Read more
The police officers involved in the shooting of a Sudanese asylum seeker who knifed six people are being investigated after they failed to subdue him with tasers. Police tasered the attacker, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, a Sudanese asylum seeker, at the Park Inn hotel, Glasgow, on Friday lunchtime. Moments before they killed him he had seriously … Read more
‘Keep moving!’ Wild moment lawyer couple brandish an AR-15 and a handgun at protesters marching past their mansion in an upscale St. Louis neighborhood Twitter video shows lawyers Patty and Mark McCluskey aiming weapons at peaceful protestors who were walking by their home in St. Louis The married couple came out of their house armed … Read more
Armed police stage dramatic raid on home of family who work for Jacob Rees-Mogg: Officers with a drone and sniffer dogs batter down door of couple’s Somerset house and ‘seize a firearm’ Avon and Somerset Police raided the family home of Donna and Andy Coles A drone was deployed near the home and sniffer dogs … Read more
Royal protection officers for Prince Andrew and Edward and Princess Anne replace their firearms with Tasers in ‘drastic measures’ to reduce armed protection for top officials Armed officers protecting three royals have replaced their firearms with tasers Comes months after police voiced concerns about shortage of armed officers Officers protecting Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles … Read more
Ex-poster girl for Met’s firearms unit is cleared of leaking after claiming she was exposing corruption and prejudice against ethnic minority officers at police watchdog Carol Rita Howard, 41, worked on short-term contract as an investigator for IPCC She sent 101 emails to a personal account which included sensitive information But she was today cleared … Read more