Steve Firth wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

look at them in the streets. If there are guns involved in a
situation the armed response team will be called. Special units.

Are you claiming that these "special units" are not police officers?

I think he's claiming that they are specially trained units rather than
just PC Plod like in the USA.

He's doing no such thing, he's doing the usual Drivel tactic of talking
crap and being too stupid to admit that he made a mistake. He certainly
has not argued that these are "specially trained units" as you allege.

Are you arguing that US police officers have no weapons training?

Minimal.

Then you are telling lies.

Are you claiming that the UK training is somehow infinitely superior to the
US training?

No, it's significantly superior.

Utter bull****.

You've UTTERLY lost it. I used to know a couple of SO19 officers (now CO19 of the
Metropolitan Police (London) special firearms unit for the benefit of non-Brits)
and they're regularly on training courses.

http://www.met.police.uk/co19/
http://www.met.police.uk/co19/training.htm

Initial Firearms Course ........... The course is of two weeks duration

ARV Course
After being selected for becoming a member of the Armed Response Vehicles, the
successful Officer will undertake a Basic Firearms Course, if not already an AFO, a
one-week H & K MP5 Carbine course and then an intensive three-week ARV course.
Having passed the course Officers are then posted to an ARV relief and attend
training for three days every six weeks.

So, to get to be an ARV officer requires at least SIX weeks specialist training
plus regular training thereafter.


Graham