LONDON—In a police station in a crime-plagued South London district, Sgt. Guy Mantoura recently sent his night-duty officers off on their beats with batons, incapacitating spray, handcuffs and six Tasers. In a tradition many see as quintessentially British, none was issued a gun. But after five terrorist attacks in seven months, along with a recent rise in crime, pressure is increasing on police in tradition-bound Britain to...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 18, 2017 09:22 UTC