Critical threat level - BTP armed police officers joined by Ministry of Defence Police on patrols
(WorldNews Politics)

Armed police officers from British Transport Police (BTP) are being joined by armed colleagues from the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) on patrols across the rail network from today (Saturday 16 September). The extra officers have been brought in as part of Operation Temperer, which enables static armed guarding roles filled by armed police units, including MDP, to be backfilled by the military. Operation Temperer was activated after the threat level to the UK from international terrorism was raised to critical, which means an attack could be...