Troops were trained into how to work as teams armed with body-length shields in driving back hostile crowds Photo: Ki Price/AFP/Getty Images
UK Riots: Paratroopers Are Trained In Riot Control -- The Telegraph
British troops are being trained in riot control tactics amid fears that violence and looting will return to Britain's streets this summer.
Hundreds of soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment spent last week learning how to contain and arrest "rioters" in a series of exercises mirroring last summers violence.
Defence sources have confirmed that if violence were to return to British cities, especially during the Olympic Games, the Paras would be "ideally placed" to provide "short-term" support to police forces around the UK.
Such a request would have to be made by the Home Office and would have to have Prime Ministerial approval, according to the source.
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My Comment: I guess they are preparing for the worse.
So are a lot of American military units, training in LA and other urban environments.
ReplyDeleteThe scary thing is that a number of the MOUT training exercises have been run in American settings - US flags, cars, etc. NOT ME style settings. Makes you wonder what they're planning for, doesn't it?
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