SO13
SO13 : Anti-Terrorist Branch. An internal police service designation reflecting that it is one of a number of Specialist Operations branches within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). It investigates all acts of terrorism within the Metropolitan Police area including economic terrorism, politically motivated crimes, and some cases of kidnap and extortion. It helps with investigations in other areas of the country. The Commander of the Anti-Terrorist Branch is appointed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) as the national co-ordinator for the investigation of acts of terrorism and cases involving animal rights extremism. It does prevention and planning as well as running counter-terrorist exercises for training and contingency planning purposes. The Counter-Terrorist Search Wing advises generally on all aspects of specialist searches, with responsibility for the policy, training and licensing of search trained officers within the MPS. It provides explosives officers within the MPS
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