Inside MET police firearms centre where London cops train for raids, shootings and terror attacks

The Sun was given a tour of the MET police’s firearms training centre in Gravesend, Kent. Here, the elite police officers tasked with tackling London’s armed incidents train to respond to life and death situations. Watch the video to see how police storm a ’nightclub’ in a simulated terror attack and conduct an armed ’raid’ on a training building. Plus, our Crime Editor Mike Sullivan becomes the first journalist to be put through his paces on the ’Judgement Range’. It’s a video game style armed incident simulator used for coaching firearms officers in the field and post-incident briefings. The split-second, life and death decisions faced by armed cops are hammered home in the school massacre simulation – as our Sun man ’shoots’ two innocent people. Read more: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with hubs in London, New York, Scotland and Ireland. Covering topics from news, money and sport along with our famous Fabulous Magazine, The Sun is the biggest newsbrand in the UK and one of the fastest growing news sites in the US. Stay tuned for video clips across the biggest news stories and segments from The Sun’s expert journalists. Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know. Read The Sun: Like The Sun on Facebook: Follow The Sun on X: Follow The Sun on TikTok: @thesun Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: