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avbeav wrote

Do you know or have you spoken to any of the officers who help keep the biannual DSEI (or DPRTE, etc) arms fair open? Have you ever heard any officers expressing any worries about helping to keep the British arms trade running?

Do you have a rough idea how many undercover officers are currently deployed, and if any are currently active in anti-arms trade groups?

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BritishACAB OP wrote

I have no idea about any of that in all honesty. Many of them were quiet when it came to talking about arms unless they were in training to be deployed with firearms. It was fairly quiet and since firearms weren't my general area, I have no idea on the general opinion except that a good amount did like the idea of being armed like many other forces in the world.

When it comes to undercover officers, it's a few hundred at best guess from what I've been told and I'm not sure but I wouldn't put it past them. They're in many left-wing and right-wing groups, that's just common knowledge at this point.

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