Operation Trident is a Metropolitan Police Service initiative set up to deal with gun crime in London's black community. It was set up in March 1998 following a series of shootings in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Brent. Special attention is placed on drug-related shootings. The importance of Trident is such that it has been established as a dedicated Operational Command Unit (OCU) as part of the Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime Directorate, where it has been combined with officers from Operation Trafalgar to investigate shootings in London's other ethnic communities. Metropolitan Police redirects here. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in inner southwest London. ... The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in north west London which is surrounded by other boroughs: Harrow to the northwest, Barnet to the northeast, Camden to the east and Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster to the south. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Specialist Crime Directorate is an elite unit within the London Metropolitan Police Service. ...
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OperationTrident was set up in 1998 in response to a string of what are often called "fl-on-fl" shootings and murders in the Lambeth and Brent areas of London.
As the violence continued, the operation was extended to cover the whole of the capital a year later, with a special focus on drug-related gun crime.
OperationTrident now exists as a dedicated unit within the Metropolitan Police, which helps officers in local police stations investigate shootings and collate intelligence from across the capital on suspected gunmen, firearms suppliers and gun converters.
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