London arming more officers against terrorism

london - London police will train another six hundred armed agents to help prevent terrorist attacks. The total number of armed officers in the British capital therefore amounts to 2800, the BBC reported Thursday.

The move follows further investigation Scotland Yard about the possibilities for responding to armed attacks, after the terrorist attacks in Paris.

The ongoing plans to arm more officers should ultimately double the number of armed units and trained anti-terrorist specialists, said police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. It is an expensive option, but it is vital to our security.

He added that the plans do nothing to change the fundamental principle that the police in the United Kingdom on the baton after is unarmed. London still bears 92 percent of the officers no firearm.