Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command

The Specialist Firearms Command (SCO19) is the guns unit of the Metropolitan Police Service. They are responsible for responding with guns if needed, helping the rest of the service which are not usually armed.

They are full-time units whose members do not do any other duties. Sometimes, they have been referred to as the "blue berets", as they used to wear these. Today they are more likely to wear either blue baseball caps or special fighting helmets.

Equipment

Guns

As of April 2019, the following guns are used by the Specialist Firearms Command:

MakeModelOriginCartridgeImage
Glock17, 17M, 19, 19M, 26 Austria9×19mm
Heckler & KochMP5A2, MP5A3, MP5K Germany9×19mm
Heckler & KochG36C Germany5.56×45mm
SIG SauerSIG516, SIG716 Germany5.56×45mm, 7.62x51mm
SIG SauerSIG MCX, SIG MCX Rattler Germany5.56×45mm
Heckler & KochG3K Germany7.62x51mm
Accuracy InternationalArctic Warfare, Arctic Warfare Magnum United Kingdom7.62x51mm, .338 Lapua Magnum
BenelliM3 Italy12-gauge
Heckler & KochHK69A1 Germany40 mm grenade

References

  1. ↑ "Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 01/FOI/18/000470". WhatDoTheyKnow. Metropolitan Police Service. p. 1. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019. The Unit is still known as SCO19 Specialist Firearms Command.
  2. ↑ Commander Kyle Gordon [@@KyleGordonMPS] (15 November 2018). "Clarity on the SCO19/CO19/MO19 naming convention" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "SC&O19 Specialist Firearms Command". Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Specialist Firearms Command (CO19)". Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "SC&O19 organisational structure – Freedom of Information request" (PDF). Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Firearms currently in use". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 14 September 2019.