Plans to remove firearms protection from VIPs at risk of attack are ‘lunatic’ and should be reviewed urgently by the Home Office, senior policing figures warned last night. Downgrading VIP protection measures – codenamed Option 5 – has alarmed officers in the Royalty and Specialist Protection command, who wrote the report. Downgrading VIP protection measures – codenamed Option 5 – has alarmed officers in the Royalty and Specialist Protection command, who wrote the report. Dai Davies, former head of the Met’s Royalty Protection Command, said: ‘In all my years’ involvement in policing and security matters this is one of the most lunatic ideas I can recall. ‘Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, should order an urgent review into the decision to downgrade VIP protection.’

Source: Daily Mail July 10, 2020 21:00 UTC