Armed & Dangerous

Ross Kemp joins police officers who tackle Britain’s rising gun crime

- Sean Marland

Gun and knife crime rose by 20 per cent in the UK last year, and, with assaults on police also increasing, the statistics raise the perennial question of whether or not our officers should routinely carry guns.

In his latest documentary, Ross Kemp, 54, whose father was in the police, meets officers who’ve faced armed criminals, and joins a specialist armed unit as they deal with some of Britain’s most dangerous offenders.

Here, the former EastEnders actor explains what he discovered…

Were you shocked by these new crime statistics?