Stop! Armed Police!: Inside the Met's Firearms Unit

by Stephen Smith and Stephen Smith

Join veteran crime-fighter Stephen Smith on a journey through the dark and dangerous world of the Metropolitan Police specialist firearms command from its inception in 1966, when the cold-blooded murder of three police officers sparked a revolution in the training of armed officers, to the present day. This unique police unit battled against the IRA in the 1970s, experienced its first operational shootings in the 1980s and underwent massive expansion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071980826X
• ISBN13: 9780719808265
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Robert Hale & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.6"