Talk:Specialist Firearms Command

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[edit] 'Dzm' police

Any idea what this is stands for? saw it on an armored truck, on a picture of the arrest of suspected bombers 29 jul 05. Truck is dark blue, back is completely rectangle, front was obscured but looks similar to ford F150 Adidas 15:12, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

The DZM is the ID code for the vehicle. All Met Police vehicles have them on the roof (for helicopters) and recent ones have them on both sides of the vehicles, usually towards the rear. They are usually 3 letters, though some are only 2. A very small number of vehicles will have a number instead of a letter code on the roof and sides. The truck is called a Jenkel. It is,obviously, armoured and used by firearms units for certain tasks. Sapient
Thank you very much Sapient! Adidas 15:33, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Berets

While the article implies the berets are no longer worn, there was a photo published in Metro on 2005-08-02 that showed two armed officers at Liverpool St Station, both wearing berets and dark blue shirts. I've seen a different photo recently of officers wearing berets, although I can't find any online. Zoganes 22:54, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

The clue is that this was at Liverpool St Station. The officers were from the City of London Police firearms unit, not the Metropolitan Police. --Sapient 06:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Change of name - now CO19

The Met Firearms Unit has moved from Specialist Operations (SO) to Central Operations (CO) and is now called CO19. This has not been a popular move, apparently... It will take a while for this to be established so I suggest we leave this page as SO19 for the moment. --Sapient 06:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

In the media senior officers are now referring to it as CO19 and the new name has been appearing in the newspapers. I've updated the article accordingly and will move it with appropriate redirects. The official websites are out of date, but if you don't believe me, have a look here, or here. Sapient 14:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
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