Editing British Transport Police (section)

===21st century===
In 2010, the force's dog training was moved from a force-specific training establishment near [[Tadworth]], Surrey (opened in 1984) to the Metropolitan Police's Dogs Training School in [[Keston]], London Borough of Bromley. In May 2011, the [[Secretary of State for Transport]] [[Philip Hammond]] announced that British Transport Police would create an armed capability of its own with the added benefit of additional resilience and capacity to the overall UK police armed capability.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13521747 |title=Transport police to be armed to counter terror threat |work=BBC News |access-date=11 December 2012 |date=24 May 2011}}</ref> The BTP are deployed on armed patrols using [[Glock 17]] pistols, [[Lewis Machine and Tool Company|LMT]] [[AR-15]] CQB carbines<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lmtdefense.com/ |title=Lewis Machine & Tool Company - Complete Weapon Systems |website=Lmtdefense.com |access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> and [[taser]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZDjgsjBUo | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726132807/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZDjgsjBUo&feature=youtu.be| archive-date=26 July 2012 | url-status=dead|title=Policing the railways - Armed police |publisher=British Transport Police |access-date=11 December 2012 |via=YouTube}}</ref>