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The New South Wales Police Force purchased a water cannon in 2007 and had it deployed on standby during an APEC meeting in Sydney that year. [17] [18] It was the first purchase of a water cannon by a police service in Australia. However, it ended up not being used during the APEC meeting, and was never used during any instance of civil unrest.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) fired about 20 plastic baton rounds at rioters and used two mobile water cannons. For several hours they dealt with loyalists and nationalists exchanging missiles across the police line, and at one point a group of loyalists used ceremonial swords to attack the police lines.
The U.S. has expressed concern about renewed violence in Northern Ireland after another night of unrest.A crowd of young people Thursday evening threw petrol bombs and stones at Belfast police who ...
Northern Ireland's power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to call for calm after frustration among pro-British unionists over post-Brexit trade barriers helped ...
Squirt Pig — fitted with a water cannon beside driver for riot control. Foaming Pig — fitted with a foam generator to diffuse bomb blasts. Felix Pig — modified for bomb disposal duties. Turret Pig — Has the machine gun from the Shortland armored vehicle installed for operation in the Armagh area.
From that date troops were to be based in Northern Ireland only for training purposes, and reduced in number to 5,000; responsibility for security was entirely transferred to the police. [17] The Northern Ireland–resident battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment – which grew out of the Ulster Defence Regiment – were stood down on 1 ...
A Land Rover Defender utilised by the Royal Military Police while in Northern Ireland.The RMP is one of the few corps (units) which still uses the Land Rover. The first time of the 1st Regiment, RMP was formed was on 5 November 1971, when 173 Provost Company based at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn in Northern Ireland was expanded into a full regiment.
The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military [1] reserve special constable police force in what would later become Northern Ireland. It was set up in October 1920, shortly before the partition of Ireland .