London Police deputes anti-terrorism patrol units under Operation Servator

London Police has decided to depute anti-terrorism police patrol units on the streets of London in order to spot people carrying out "hostile reconnaissance" and other criminal activity. Known as Operation Servator, it is a tactic of policing that is already used by other forces including City of London and British Transport Police.
Scotland Yard has clarified that the move was "not in response to a specific threat".
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 28 November 2016.

Lambeth and Wandsworth will be the first areas where the new patrol units of uniformed and undercover officers will begin and it will be extended to other boroughs in the coming months. Operation Servator "is based on extensive research into the psychology of criminals and what undermines their activities", as indicated by the Metropolitan Police.
Apart from the patrol units, there will be the dogs and boat units and the territorial support unit riot police. It may be recalled that the City of London Police had introduced Servator tactics in February 2014, using undercover teams, CCTV and number plate recognition technology to add to the 1990s "ring of steel" in place around the Square Mile.


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