Shots fired outside Houses of Parliament

[malatesta32]

The police response to what appears to be an armed attacker and an assault on a police officer with overwhelming force. It'd be weird if every available officer WASN'T there.

is there no contingency plan that leaves a 'skeleton force' in operation? instead of everyone legging over to see what the hoo-ha is leaving the rest of the city of WM unpoliced.

 

[brogdale]

the bbc witness said he jumped to avoid the police

>1 attacker?

 

[wiskey]

they turn up after the event, leaving other areas unpoliced, and staging a spectacle in 1 place then carrying out another is a fairly obvious terror tactic.

It's round the corner from a major police centre with a massive garage, every officer will have picked up a car.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

You're right. Some of them are wankers as apposed to cunts.

For fucks sake. There are cleaning staff, waiting staff, clerical staff working there.

 

[bi0boy]

According to a BBC reporter, Westminster is one of the busiest parts of London.

 

[wiskey]

is there no contingency plan that leaves a 'skeleton force' in operation? instead of everyone legging over to see what the hoo-ha is leaving the rest of the city of WM unpoliced.

oh give over, there's thousands of police.

The ambulance service doesn't leave half of london uncovered, why would the police?

 

[editor]

Standard procedure maybe? Emergency stop until police are there?

Ah:

 

[editor]

BBC:

A planned evacuation of Parliament has been halted after an announcement was made saying there was a suspicious package in a vehicle and the bomb squad had been called.

 

[malatesta32]

oh give over, there's thousands of police.

The ambulance service doesn't leave half of london uncovered, why would the police?

the point is it seems like a scramble rather than an orderly mobilisation that leaves other police in situ.

 

[bimble]

According to a BBC reporter, Westminster is one of the busiest parts of London.

It's always rammed with tourists and pedestrians around there so yes probably.

 

[8den]

is there no contingency plan that leaves a 'skeleton force' in operation? instead of everyone legging over to see what the hoo-ha is leaving the rest of the city of WM unpoliced.

There's 32,000 officers in the Met, they're not all in Parliament square right now.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

One woman confirmed dead, 'a number' of other with 'catastrophic injuries' - people on the bridge ain't done no wrong :-(

 

[steveo87]

Ah:

Unless they've got spare toilets, they've made a massive error in judgement.

 

[brogdale]

Oh FFS...

 

[malatesta32]

For fucks sake. There are cleaning staff, waiting staff, clerical staff working there.

and i bet they're not allowed into the bar with its discount drinks.

 

[Pickman's model]

they turn up after the event, leaving other areas unpoliced, and staging a spectacle in 1 place then carrying out another is a fairly obvious terror tactic.

do you remember 7/7/2006, when there were a huge number of cops on the streets, to close the door a year after the horse had bolted?

 

[YouSir]

Oh FFS...

Aye, far too soon to start pointing the finger really.

 

[Pickman's model]

Oh FFS...

never mind, she'll shuffle off this mortal coil at some point in the next 50 years

 

[malatesta32]

There's 32,000 officers in the Met, they're not all in Parliament square right now.

all on duty at once?

 

[Pickman's model]

and i bet they're not allowed into the bar with its discount drinks.

they'll float out half the mps

 

[The39thStep]

now there's tons of coppers there. why do they need so many? what do they actually do?

What would you like them to do?

 

[8den]

all on duty at once?

You have no idea if the police response in Parliament Sq has left other parts of the city seriously vulnerable, other that "it stands to reason innit"

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

now there's tons of coppers there. why do they need so many? what do they actually do?

Hardly a shock that HoP and Whitehall is crawling with armed filth. Even by the Met's usual incompetent standards it'd be pretty shocking if there weren't there.

 

[malatesta32]

Parliament shooting - latest updates - BBC News

live feed.

 

[8den]

Oh FFS...

He is ITV's royal correspondent.....

 

[Pickman's model]

all on duty at once?

about 8,000 on at once, among 32 boroughs. = 250 per borough tho there's also the commissioner's reserve of tsg

 

[Pickman's model]

Parliament shooting - latest updates - BBC News

live feed.

live feed perhaps not the best term

 

[Mation]

i was joking!

Yes, I worked that out eventually. It was too believable

 

[Ponyutd]

Kay Burleigh has been seen rushing around looking for a dog with sad eyes.

 

[1%er]

Any confirmation that people jumped off the bridge to avoid being hit by the car, that's being reported here