In this opinion piece we ask if, in light of significant changes in threat to the public, whether policies and guidelines surrounding a police Authorised Firearm Officer’s (AFOs) use of force should not be comprehensively debated and revised to provide more clarity in the light of changing circumstances.In our view it is important that a wider debate is also led by Parliament, has a wide arc of public consultation and results in clear guidance for AFOs and their commanders who, on our behalf, have to cope with life-threatening and traumatic situations. The responsibility for how armed policing operations unfold and conclude is unclear and rather than an open debate resulting in a clear and unequivocal set of principles enshrined in law ...
Unlike the police in Northern Ireland, officers in mainland Britain are not routinely armed. But the...
I defend the view that a significant ethical distinction can be made between justified killing in se...
Assaults against police officers are an enduring aspect of the risk posed to police officers, with t...
More than a year after the killing of an innocent man, Jean Charles de Menezes, wrongly suspected by...
In a few terrifying moments at the Stockwell Tube station in 2005, eight shots fired by armed police...
This thesis finds that armed police officers do not report experiencing a lack of legitimacy when in...
The traditional social “contract” in the UK mainland between the public and the police involves the ...
In 2010 Derrick Bird shot and killed 12 people, as well as injuring a further 11, in Cumbria. A legi...
Growth in the Armed Forces undertaking public policing is occurring in the United Kingdom and elsewh...
Growth in the Armed Forces undertaking public policing is occurring in the United Kingdom and elsewh...
Short article discussing the legal and ethical dilemmas facing armed police officers facing what the...
Post-print version. 24 month embargo by the publisher. Article will be released December 2009. This ...
This paper analyses the risk assessment and decision-making used by a police force to assess the sui...
This op-ed piece argues that police will inevitably be placed in impossible situations in which they...
The use of force by the state through its security services has been the topic of much debate, espec...
Unlike the police in Northern Ireland, officers in mainland Britain are not routinely armed. But the...
I defend the view that a significant ethical distinction can be made between justified killing in se...
Assaults against police officers are an enduring aspect of the risk posed to police officers, with t...
More than a year after the killing of an innocent man, Jean Charles de Menezes, wrongly suspected by...
In a few terrifying moments at the Stockwell Tube station in 2005, eight shots fired by armed police...
This thesis finds that armed police officers do not report experiencing a lack of legitimacy when in...
The traditional social “contract” in the UK mainland between the public and the police involves the ...
In 2010 Derrick Bird shot and killed 12 people, as well as injuring a further 11, in Cumbria. A legi...
Growth in the Armed Forces undertaking public policing is occurring in the United Kingdom and elsewh...
Growth in the Armed Forces undertaking public policing is occurring in the United Kingdom and elsewh...
Short article discussing the legal and ethical dilemmas facing armed police officers facing what the...
Post-print version. 24 month embargo by the publisher. Article will be released December 2009. This ...
This paper analyses the risk assessment and decision-making used by a police force to assess the sui...
This op-ed piece argues that police will inevitably be placed in impossible situations in which they...
The use of force by the state through its security services has been the topic of much debate, espec...
Unlike the police in Northern Ireland, officers in mainland Britain are not routinely armed. But the...
I defend the view that a significant ethical distinction can be made between justified killing in se...
Assaults against police officers are an enduring aspect of the risk posed to police officers, with t...