Officers in armed response vehicles will be asked to work on their rest days amid fears it would retract too long to respond to Bataclan-style attackScotland Yard has announced an emergency increase in armed patrols to protect London from a Paris-style gun attack, amid fears among top officers that it would retract too long to confront terrorists trying to stage an atrocity in Britain. Officers in armed response vehicles in the capital will be asked to work on their rest days as London police chiefs anxiety they would have to deploy more firearms officers more quickly than previously planned to the scene of an attack like that at the Bataclan concert corridor in the French capital on Friday.
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Source: theguardian.com