The Anti-Terrorist Branch (or SO13 by its designation) was a Specialist Operations (SO) branch of London 's Metropolitan Police Service , formed to respond to terrorist activities within the capital and the surrounding areas.
2-728: The Anti-Terrorist Branch (originally known as the Bomb Squad) was formed in January 1971 to deal with the Angry Brigade . During the 1970s it assisted in the campaign against the IRA , alongside Special Branch and the Security Service (MI5) . In 2005, the branch had 345 officers attached to it, with funding for another 500 being sought. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner , Ian Blair , announced later that year that some of
4-732: The specialist operations units were to be "re-aligned". In 2006 the Anti-Terrorist Branch and the Special Branch were merged, creating a new unit, the Counter Terrorism Command , or SO15. This United Kingdom law enforcement agency article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Angry Brigade Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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