DOCUMENTARY: In The line Of Fire
TEN years ago, the criminal fraternity was using firearms to settle scores or commit armed robberies.
Now, children are using them to settle disputes that would have previously been sorted out in the playground.
So says Insp Matt Twist of the Met’s firearms unit.
Narrated by Ken Stott, this alarming two-part documentary follows members of the unit as they patrol an increasingly violent capital city – and prepare to take split-second life-or-death decisions every day of the week.