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Having served 18 years in Uk Civvi police (10 years Armed and CP) I would agree with many posts that the two are different yet complement each other. We cannot deny that the current tempo of British Army deployments has allowed a huge wave of hostile environment experience, but that must not be allowed to cloud the issue of planning and suitable appropriate team and responses for CP work. eg dont use sledgehammers for tin-tacks.
If deploying eg Helmand you might want a large overt CP team with plenty of weaponry and experience, but if escorting a principle in the EU / London those tactics and experience are redundant.
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