Troops on the Streets
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Its not really bombs they can help with. Only some of the terror attacks in europe lately have been bombs. Nutters running around with guns have featured a lot and thats the kind of threat having armed units in likely target areas can help with, either as deterrence for high value targets or rapid reaction to minimise casualties.
Rovinghawk said:
How exactly would having lots of guys with guns roaming the streets have prevented the Manchester bomb?
Shutting the wrong stable door after the horse has bolted.
It wouldn't have.Shutting the wrong stable door after the horse has bolted.
I'm not sure what the point of the critical threat level is either other than as a flag to say an event has happened that wasn't foreseen.
Its really not difficult.
The risk of an attack is imminent based on the current threat level, that does not specifically mean a bomb.
An attack could be active shooters, terrorists using vehicles or physical attacks. Thats why we have armed officers guarding busy areas.
The threat level was upped post Manchester, I presume due to some intel that came to light following the event.
The armed bobbies may have stopped the bomb, any bobby might have had he been standing out from the crowd, member of the public may have been able to, who knows.
The risk of an attack is imminent based on the current threat level, that does not specifically mean a bomb.
An attack could be active shooters, terrorists using vehicles or physical attacks. Thats why we have armed officers guarding busy areas.
The threat level was upped post Manchester, I presume due to some intel that came to light following the event.
The armed bobbies may have stopped the bomb, any bobby might have had he been standing out from the crowd, member of the public may have been able to, who knows.
Edited by Greendubber on Thursday 25th May 14:50
768 said:
I'm not sure what the point of the critical threat level is either other than as a flag to say an event has happened that wasn't foreseen.
I'm sure the upcoming election has something to do with it. Corbyn is perceived as being soft on defence, even by Labour voters. The government putting soldiers on streets looks like the opposite.Theresa May should be getting hammered for having reduced police numbers by 20,000 when Home Sec and now there being insufficient police available to deal with the current situation and troops having to be deployed, trouble is the only alternative has been matey with terrorists for decades.
What an utter shower we're being asked to choose between in 2 weeks.
What an utter shower we're being asked to choose between in 2 weeks.
FredericRobinson said:
Theresa May should be getting hammered for having reduced police numbers by 20,000 when Home Sec and now there being insufficient police available to deal with the current situation and troops having to be deployed, trouble is the only alternative has been matey with terrorists for decades.
What an utter shower we're being asked to choose between in 2 weeks.
And in 2015 she accused rank and file officers of crying wolf regarding the cuts, well its come home to roost now (which we all knew it would, sadly)What an utter shower we're being asked to choose between in 2 weeks.
FredericRobinson said:
Theresa May should be getting hammered for having reduced police numbers by 20,000 when Home Sec and now there being insufficient police available to deal with the current situation and troops having to be deployed, trouble is the only alternative has been matey with terrorists for decades.
What an utter shower we're being asked to choose between in 2 weeks.
I suspect she's not getting hammered because most would rather use the army than have 1000 extra police for one week in a decade. What an utter shower we're being asked to choose between in 2 weeks.
creampuff said:
I'm sure the upcoming election has something to do with it. Corbyn is perceived as being soft on defence, even by Labour voters. The government putting soldiers on streets looks like the opposite.
If Labour have any sense they will play this video all day long tomorrowhttps://www.facebook.com/LBC/videos/10154332198536...
Not fine about it at all, it sets a dangerous precedent and is entirely because she gutted Police numbers.
It is however Security Theatre not some black flag conspiracy s
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