Guernsey Press

Armed police turnouts double to 10

FIREARMS officers were deployed 10 times during 2010.

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FIREARMS officers were deployed 10 times during 2010.

That was double the number of call-outs in 2009. On four occasions, it was in response to violent domestic incidents.

Most were in response to emergency calls where someone had a weapon such as a knife and threats to harm had been made.

As well as seven spontaneous call-outs, there were three planned deployments which included two covert operations and a security operation for the British-Irish Council meeting hosted by Guernsey in June 2010.

Inspector JP Le Breton (pictured) explained that one of the deployments had resulted in Anthony Jones being jailed for 15 years in April 2011, after he stabbed and seriously injured his ex-girlfriend's partner in February 2010.

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