After Paris, police are being retrained to kill terrorists - Art Bell
After Paris, police are being retrained to kill terrorists
POSTED ON DECEMBER 2, 2015 IN
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The Paris attacks were horrific. And the police are changing their tactics to deal with violent incidents and the indiscriminate killing of civilians.
In Britain, officers are now being trained to “go forward” to confront terrorists. Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Patricia Gallan said in a Paris-style attack, officers’ priority is to stop the terrorists killing more people, even if that means walking over the injured to eliminate the threat, the BBC reports. She said:
We appreciate within that there could be casualties and when meeting that threat they will have to walk over casualties that might have been injured and wait for somebody else to treat them as they go forward.
The most important thing is to actually get to the threat and stop them killing additional people, and that is why we’ve got to keep going forward and not tend to those that are injured at the time.
Terrorists have taken a different tactic—they now shoot hostages instead of taking part in a negotiation. So, she said: “The decision has to be made, and it is a brave decision, about whether you stand back, in which case you may well have more people die, or whether the best thing is to go forward,” she explained, adding, “We believe that is potentially what will save the most lives.”