Re: Away from Rugby League : Thu May 25, 2017 12:46 pm  

I never thought I would armed police patrolling through the centre of Halifax

Re: Away from Rugby League : Thu May 25, 2017 2:24 pm  

Armed police have been patrolling the county for the past 50 years, it's just that they have been in vehicles and not on foot, so are not easily visible and hopefully that will be the case again soon.

Re: Away from Rugby League : Thu May 25, 2017 2:28 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

The Man U and Ajax fans were a disgrace pre game last night.

What happened?

Re: Away from Rugby League : Thu May 25, 2017 3:06 pm  

FIL wrote:

Armed police have been patrolling the county for the past 50 years, it's just that they have been in vehicles and not on foot, so are not easily visible and hopefully that will be the case again soon.

I saw an interview with a former counter terrorist officer on TV yesterday, who confidently said that the only force in the country with sufficient armed responders is the Met; and that since the then Home Secretary's (one Mrs T May) cuts to the service, no other force has the requisite number of armed response units to handle situations like this.

I guess that's why the Army are now being drafted in - to cover the shortfall?