SCOUT· 38%2h 22m·2026-10-11·Mental HealthTony Long: Armed Policing, Fatal Shootings & the Trial That Changed His Life
Seconds to make a life-or-death decision. Years to answer for it.Former Metropolitan Police firearms officer Tony Long joins The Old Paratrooper Podcast to discuss his career in armed policing, the shootings that left three people dead, and the decade-long legal ordeal that ended with his acquittal at the Old…
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