OPERATION BRIDGE - Cumbria Constabulary
OPERATION BRIDGE - Cumbria Constabulary
OPERATION BRIDGE - Cumbria Constabulary
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scenes. They would also have been able to coordinate the response<br />
of partners, including liaison with the ambulance service.<br />
8.96 A dedicated firearms command channel would have enabled the<br />
Tactical Firearms Commander to manage the firearms response in<br />
concert with the incident command channel. Several forces provide<br />
two separate radios for the use of all of its armed officers to enable<br />
them to monitor the incident channel and a firearms command<br />
channel simultaneously.<br />
8.97 This is particularly important to enable the Tactical Firearms<br />
Commander to brief the armed police officers and direct the working<br />
strategy and tactical options, without interrupting the communication<br />
on the local channel during such a dynamic incident.<br />
8.98 Providing an armed policing communication structure would provide<br />
significant benefit.<br />
8.99 Having routine access to a national firearms channel on the Police<br />
Airwave radio system would ensure that all armed officers, regardless<br />
of which Police service they have attended from, have an effective<br />
tactical channel on which they can operate.<br />
8.100 The channel is not available to unarmed officers.<br />
8.101 This communication structure would also provide a direct<br />
communication between the armed officers and their Operational and<br />
Tactical Commanders.<br />
8.102 This report identifies a particular difficulty with transfer of command<br />
between the Tactical Firearms Commander (TFC) and the FIM. The<br />
provision of a dedicated Armed Policing communication structure<br />
would ensure that the Tactical Firearms Commander would have<br />
access to all of their resources without interruption to the routine local<br />
channels.<br />
OBSERVATION 2:<br />
That <strong>Cumbria</strong> <strong>Constabulary</strong> consider options to ensure that the Tactical<br />
Firearms Commander can communicate directly with armed police<br />
officers under their command whilst minimising interference with the<br />
incident command channel during more complex incidents.<br />
8.103 Mutual Aid Mobilised<br />
8.104 The helicopter from Lancashire had been notified and was directed to<br />
attend the area to assist.<br />
THIS REPORT IS EMBARGOED<br />
UNTIL 4PM MONDAY 28 TH MARCH 2011<br />
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