Sources said that the Met’s most recent recruitment drive for its Specialist Firearms Command MO19 saw just six applications, the lowest number on record. A Scotland Yard spokesman said the recr ...

Facebook will be given access to footage from bodycams worn by Specialist Firearms Command officers during their training Facebook is to use footage from police body cameras to train its ...

On top of the half a dozen who applied to join the Specialist Firearms Command, more than 250 AFOs left the unit between April and December last year. With around one in 10 of the members quitting ...