LONDON Online Uomo Nike Air Max 2018 Nere Bianche , March 7 (Xinhua) -- Britain may be facing the threat of "enormous and spectacular attacks" by the Islamic State (IS), the country's head of counter-terrorism warned on Monday.


Speaking at a briefing in London, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said IS was "trying to build bigger attacks" than its previous ambitions and had broader "plans to attack Western lifestyle".


"In recent months we've seen a broadening of that, much more plans to attack Western lifestyle, and obviously the Paris attacks in November," said Rowley, who is the national lead for counter-terrorism in Britain.


"You see a terrorist group which has big ambitions for enormous and spectacular attacks, not just the types that we've seen foiled to date," he warned.


Rowley continued that IS has been "acting as a cult to use propaganda to radicalize people to act in their name."


The number of arrests of terrorist suspects in the last three years has risen by 57 percent compared to the previous three years, and up to 77 percent of those arrested last year were British nationals, according to the Metropolitan Police.


"That is an indication of that radicalization, the effect of the propaganda and the way the messages of Daesh (IS) are resonating with some individuals," Rowley said.


He also noted that British counter-terror police are hiring trained psychologists for their professional advice and the deployment of psychologists in counter-terrorism has become "increasingly standard."

Society > Law > Police BrutalityWhat Do The Thin Blue Line Police Stickers Mean?

Posted by peterabel1 in Society on December 14th, 2016


When it comes to symbols, emblems and even simple colors, there can be multiple meanings and interpretations. Interestingly, many people who come across the same symbols repeatedly do not seem to be curious enough to find out more about those symbols and their meanings. One such example is the blue line emblem that is easily spotted on police cars.


The American Police Beat magazine recently covered the blue line identifier that was created in the year 1993 for law enforcement officers. The reflective thin blue line police stickers that we see on cars or in the form of decals and badges are an internationally recognized symbol that honor the officers, both fallen and living, for their heroism and the role that they play in protecting the citizens.


The thin blue line is more than just a symbol or an emblem. Often interpreted in more than one way, the phrase itself is now associated with law enforcement. So, officers don’t just sport the symbol on their vehicles but also on lapel pins, patches, license tags, hats and badges. It is believed to have been inspired by military lore!
The blue line emblem consists of three simple stripes - a thin blue strip between two black ones. And these stripes and their placement have a certain meaning each.
The top black stripe stands for the general public who need to be protected from victimization and freed of crimes occurring in their everyday lives.


The bottom black stripe represents the criminals and all the negative or anti-social elements which tend to cause harm to the society or to the public in particular.
The thin blue line placed in the center is of course, law enforcement and the people in-charge of it. The placement of this blue in the center of the emblem suggests that law enforcement is what separates the two parts of the society. In other words, the blue line represents a barrier that promises to protect the top section from violence and crimes caused by the bottom black section.


The symbol or the identifier is a way of showing support to the police and has been modified into different versions to represent other officers and professions. There is the thin silver line that is used by corrections officers, the thin white line that represents medical services and the thin red line that stands for fire fighters and the thin orange line for search and rescue personnel.