Police Chief Says Officers Could end up Being Ordered to Carry Firearms

Published on November 17, 2023

The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s armed policing lead, Simon Chesterman, has warned the days of officers volunteering for firearms duties may be over and chief constables may be forced to order, or mandate, personnel to carry guns. At a conference in London on Thursday, Mr. Chesterman said armed policing was in a, “precarious and difficult position.” Mr. Chesterman did not mention either the case of NX121—the police officer who has been charged with murdering Chris Kaba during an armed stop in Streatham, south London last year—or W80, an officer who faces a gross misconduct hearing in relation to the death in 2015 of Jermaine Baker, despite a public inquiry ruling the shooting was lawful....

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