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The Biggest Threat to the Role of Police Officers (The Biggest Threat to the Role of Police Officers) Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to spend the day watching the training of Londons special armed police unit. These are the people who regularly have to tackle the increasing number of criminals who are prepared to carry guns. The journalists also get a chance to shoot a gun on the practice range; none of it seems that difficult, and we put most of the bullets somewhere on the target. But then we move on to the next stage of the training, where some of the problems which actually crop up on the street are imitated. The lights on the range are dimmed and we are stood in front of a large screen. We still have guns, but the bullets are fake, and videos are played where actors act out various types of situations. Does the man holding a woman in front of him really have a gun or not? Is the man apparently preparing to surrender really going to, or is he going to raise the gun in front of him and shoot? We have to decide whether to shoot and when, just like the police officer has to when faced with this situation for real. The journalists results here were not so impressive. I am afraid we killed many an innocent person carrying nothing more lethal than a stick. The debate over whether more police in Britain should be armed with guns has been going on for years. The current policy is to have a small number of specialists available in each of the 43 police departments in Britain. They are kept up to scratch with intensive and regular training. But the wisdom of that policy has been questioned as the amount of violence encountered by the police has grown. It is usually the ordinary street officer who is on the wrong end of this, rather than the armed experts who arrive rather later. To see the direction in which the British police are heading, consider the experience of the Northum