• firearms units to provide the police force with the capability to deal with armed criminals. A police officer cannot apply to join the firearms unit without...
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    Firearms Command (MO19) is the firearms unit of the Metropolitan Police Service. Formed in 2005, the Command is responsible for providing a firearms-response...
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    An authorised firearms officer (AFO) is a British police officer who is authorised and trained to carry and use firearms. The designation is significant...
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  • specially trained Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO) to attend incidents where firearms are necessary. Specialist Firearms Officers are usually trained...
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  • Tactical Firearms Unit Territorial police forces Avon & Somerset Constabulary Firearms unit and Dog unit Cambridgeshire Constabulary Tactical Firearms Unit City...
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    the rest of Great Britain, do not routinely carry firearms. Instead, the GMP maintains a firearms unit to provide them with a capability to deal with armed...
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  • Specialist Operations units of the Metropolitan Police involved in firearms and counter-terrorism policing are all issued firearms as a matter of routine...
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    clips and/or detatchable magazines. List of clip-fed firearms Belt (firearms) Glossary of firearms terms Stripper clip Speedloader "Cartridge clip". "Reversible...
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  • lever action). Most handguns (firearms with a barrel length under 30 cm (12 in) or overall length under 60 cm (24 in)). Firearms disguised as another item...
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    specialised firearms unit based at locations around the county. The force has at any one time nine armed officers on patrol. As well being trained in firearms, AFOs...
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