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Specialist Firearms Command MPS @MPSFirearms

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We love to use an acronym in the Met, I am far from knowing them all, but here's a thread to help understand some you may see us use on this account 🧵
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RT @metpoliceuk: 🚔 Caught in under 2 hours Officers and our helicopter team arrested two e-bike thieves who committed a series of phone sn…
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We are down at Nugent Shopping Park in St Mary Cray with @LondonFire for the Community Impact Day. Come along and say hi 👋
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5 arrests overnight from 3 different vehicles linked to violent crime and weapons, thank you for the assistance of @HertsPolice who helped detain a vehicle intent on escape, damaging multiple police vehicles but thankfully no injury.
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Specialist Firearms Command MPS retweeted
Havering MPS@MPSHavering
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#ARRESTED A man has been arrested in Hornchurch after he was seen walking around with a large samurai sword. The man was detained safely by officers from response team and specialised firearms units. No one was injured during this incident. The investigation is ongoing.
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Learning time - our role as firearms officers is to protect those that are unarmed, when @MetCC get information from the public that there is a threat that our unarmed colleagues may struggle to deal with safely then they will pass the call to the ARV POD.
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This info was invaluable as they managed to determine that the 'machete' was actually a metal ruler. Meaning that they could deal with the subject, who turns out was suffering mental ill health, without further risk to anyone else.
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So thank you to @MPSCamden officers this weekend for prompt attendance and updating the TFC allowing the stand down of armed officers.
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PAN London working on show last night by ARV and unarmed colleagues. First to @MPSWForest where we conducted life saving first aid on someone stabbed multiple times. Before, 8 HOURS LATER, stopping and arresting a linked suspect in @MPSHaringey #noescape
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RT @metpoliceuk: A jury has unanimously cleared a Met firearms officer of murder following the police shooting of Chris Kaba in Lambeth in…
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Fantastic work by ARV - B relief and @MPSHarrow officers, completing fast time investigations on scene whilst dealing with the victim of a stabbing. They have managed to identify, locate AND arrest the suspect for this within a few hours of the initial call to police.
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Specialist Firearms Command MPS retweeted
National Crime Agency (NCA)
@NCA_UK
10 Oct 2024
Five members of an organised crime group that smuggled 2.3 tonnes of cocaine in a shipment of bananas from south America have been convicted. Read the full story ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/n…
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The power of 'X' came to the forefront over the weekend, we received reports through the @MetCC account to reports of suspects fighting with knives. ARV's deployed and located a subject believed involved in the offence, arrest for Affray and possession of a weapon followed.
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We're honorary lifeguards this week; Trojan units along with @MPSWestminster and the @TowerRNLI helped to recover a person that had ended up in the river Thames! Exemplary first aid exhibited before the experts @LAS_HART arrived #manyhats
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In todays episode of "What we do at MO19" I'm out with the Firearms Enquiry Team (FET). They're responsible for the licensing of shooting clubs, firearms dealers, shotguns and other legally held firearm certificates in London. #StayTuned for more.
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The process to get a licence is constantly being adapted and as the home office learns and improves the FET shift to meet those needs. Today focused on private licences but they also manage many others such as clubs and dealers.
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Follow our page for more insight into what our department does as I locate the different strands and give you a look at what they do.
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