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Terror attacks and violent crime drive armed police operations up by fifth in a year | The Independent | The Independent
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Armed police attend record-high number of incidents in Northamptonshire | Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates, England and Wales: April 2020 to March 2021 - GOV.UK
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Armed police will no longer be automatically suspended for using their guns | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![A gun on display at the Home Office launch of the new 1.1 million National Firearms Forensic Intelligence Database, at the Forensic Science Service in London, Tuesday November 25, 2003. The state-of-the-art A gun on display at the Home Office launch of the new 1.1 million National Firearms Forensic Intelligence Database, at the Forensic Science Service in London, Tuesday November 25, 2003. The state-of-the-art](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G6KJK5/a-gun-on-display-at-the-home-office-launch-of-the-new-11-million-national-G6KJK5.jpg)
A gun on display at the Home Office launch of the new 1.1 million National Firearms Forensic Intelligence Database, at the Forensic Science Service in London, Tuesday November 25, 2003. The state-of-the-art
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More police firearms operations in Humberside last year, new Home Office figures show | The Scarborough News
![The Metropolitan Police were today showcasing the plastic bullet-firing baton guns that will soon be deployed to firearms officers. The Home Office authorised the weapon as a "less lethal" option in omparison The Metropolitan Police were today showcasing the plastic bullet-firing baton guns that will soon be deployed to firearms officers. The Home Office authorised the weapon as a "less lethal" option in omparison](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2d32kk3/the-metropolitan-police-were-today-showcasing-the-plastic-bullet-firing-baton-guns-that-will-soon-be-deployed-to-firearms-officers-the-home-office-authorised-the-weapon-as-a-less-lethal-option-in-omparison-to-conventional-guns-to-arm-officers-in-june-2001-officers-from-the-so19-firearms-unit-will-be-deployed-with-the-weapon-from-september-1-2d32kk3.jpg)