Counter-terror police are being trained to rapidly tackle terrorist gunmen at the scene of an attack rather than pause to tend to wounded victims and colleagues to minimize the total number of casualties, a top police official has said.
Senior Metropolitan Police official Patricia Gallan told reporters Wednesday that armed officers need to prioritize neutralizing the attackers.
“We are asking them to do something different from what they did previously. It’s not about standing back but about going forwards towards the threat,” said Gallan, the assistant commissioner for special crime and operations.
Via RT.