The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has said many of his firearms officers would rather face off with terrorists than gangsters because they believe they are more likely to get a “fair hearing” if they end up using their weapons.
In an interview with The Sun, Sir Mark said, “One thing that’s really startled me is I’ve had some of our firearms officers say to me they would rather end up confronting on the streets a well-trained terrorist than a gangster because even though they would face far more personal danger with the terrorist, they believe they’d get a fair hearing in terms of the legal processes that follow.”
