The Public Order Operational Command Unit (CO11) is a

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unit of London's

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, the unit is responsible for a series of specialist policing activities, which include: * Public order and event policing – including

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s * Public order training * Emergency procedures * Contingency planning * Officer safety policy and training CO11 supports other operational units and borough command units with advice and guidance, including the training arm of the Mounted Branch. Its numeral recalls its former identity as the Criminal Intelligence Branch, at which time it was numbered SO11. The unit's subdivisions previously included CO11 (7), the Dog Support Unit (DSU), now part of Met Taskforce (MO7).

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