POTD: British Nuclear Police – Now & Then
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary at one of the UK’s nuclear powerplants in Sellafield, Cumbria recently shared a cool ‘then and now’ photo on Twitter. The CNC are a special police force responsible for protecting Britain’s civil nuclear power infrastructure. As such most CNC officers are authorised firearms officer. The UK’s CNC is based at 10 sites around the UK with Sellafield being one of three operational sites.
The photos show officers outside the CNC’s Sellafield station. The old Land Rovers and Range Rover Classics and .38 revolvers have given way to Glock 17 s and Mitsubishi Pajeros.
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Things change, it's the nature of things.
But on a trivial note, not a great fan of baseball caps as a uniform item.
I'm viewing this from a nuclear plant, weapon slung. The 'then and now' pics don't really cover all the concrete, steel, cameras, weapons, and larger numbers of people that have been added since that pic. Can you say "one of the largest departments on site?"