{LONDON | AUTHORISED FIREARMS OFFICER]

Thirty two thousand police officers operate within the London area. Of those thirty two thousand officers, only close to three thousand are routinely armed in a city of nearly ten million inhabitants. Every day, some chav with an ASBO decides to grab his nan's kitchen knife to threaten her for money. Every day, some guy with a WW2 era Webley thinks he's going to be the next Rambo.

Every now and then, someone decides to shoot up the opposition, inspired by drill music.

That is the kind of work an AFO deals with, day and night. No matter what, there is always that one call that results in the Met's own armed officers responding, preparing for the potential situation of shooting someone... A situation that could lead to years of legal battles, media attention, the works.

You are one of those officers.

One day, you're going to have to pull that trigger. Whether it's the right decision or not? It's up to you.

"MP to any nearby ARV. Reports of an IC1 male with a knife threatening pedestrians while yelling obscenities, unarmed police requesting armed assistance, over."

Today, you might just get that chance.