OPERATION BRIDGE - Cumbria Constabulary

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CONTENTS PAGE
Contents Page No’s
1. Title Page and Contents 1 - 4
2. List of Victims 5
3. Executive Summary (Including the list of
Recommendations and Observations) 6 - 13
4. Introduction 14 - 17
- Introduction 14 - 16
- The Purpose of the Peer Review 16 - 17
5. The Community Served by Cumbria Constabulary 18 - 19
6. Cumbria Constabulary on the morning of the 2nd June 2010 20
7. The Availability of Armed Response Vehicles (ARVs) 21
in Cumbria at the Time of the Incident Being Reported
8. The Events of 2nd June 2010 22 - 54
- Commentary on the sighting of Derrick BIRD by
police officers 31 - 33
- The Command and Directions provided by the FIM
at this stage 33 - 34
- Radio Command Channel 34 - 36
- Mutual Aid Mobilised 36 - 37
- Cumbria Constabulary and the Ambulance service 37 – 38
- The changing nature of the attacks by Derrick BIRD 38 - 39
- Professional discussion between the review team and
the FIM 39 - 40
- Further shootings by Derrick BIRD 40
- Utilisation of a Negotiator 40 - 41
- Incidents at Thornhill and Wilton 41 - 46
- Seascale 46 - 47
- Drigg Road 48
- Eskdale Valley 49 - 52
- The final phase of the Operation to locate Derrick BIRD 52 - 54
9. The Review Process 55 - 56
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