TSG POLICE STORM HORSE GUARDS SECURITY ALERT

full video • TSG POLICE STORM HORSE... The Territorial Support Group (TSG) is a Met Operations unit of London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) which specialises in public order policing, amongst other specialist areas.[1] In 2012 it consisted of 793 officers and 29 support staff.[2] The TSG is a uniformed unit of the MPS that replaced the similarly constituted Special Patrol Group in 1987.[1] TSG units patrol the streets of London in marked police vans or "carriers"; using the call sign prefix "Uniform". Generally each carrier has an advanced (police) driver, seven constables and a sergeant. Territorial Support Groups often comprise three carriers, twenty one constables, and three sergeants reporting to an Inspector. They separately patrol designated areas experiencing serious levels of gang violence or disorder. When deployed, it is by the MPS Information Room. Due to the public order nature of their role often numerous carriers will be assigned. TSG officers can be identified as TSG from the distinctive "U" in their shoulder numbers. Some TSG officers are also plainclothes officers, carrying a taser and handcuffs. #horseguardsparade #london #armedpolice #metpolice #thekingsguard #buckinghampalace #armedforces #toweroflondon #troopingthecolour #windsorcastle #thequeensguard #britisharmy #tsgpolice

[@MichaelSnasdell]

3:39 Can hear the officer explain that they had a call to assist with a landing of the London Air Ambulance (which you could hear flying over at the start of the video.) The officers were simply sent for public safety, as the whole area is fine pea shingle, and would not be very nice for anyone standing near by. Loving some of the dumb comments. Keep up the great videos.

[@HGCUPCAKES]

If you see police officers running towards you as you’re standing there, MOVE!!! Turn your brains on!

[@trishagoodier3943]

What brains??? You're giving them too much credit...😂😂😂

[@feynthefallen]

Reminds me of the old saying: A sergeant moving at full speed easily outranks a stationary major who has no clue...

[@keeneyeful]

What a concept 😁

[@MHadvocateUK]

Not too sure I go as far as calling that running 😅 😊. More a slow trot. 😂

[@greynomaduk983]

@@feynthefallen 😂😂

[@Non.Nobis.Domine]

And we all lived happily ever after, that will only be true so long as we continue to have brave Women and Men who are willing to defend us, surely it's not too much to ask that our protectors are properly prepared with the best available kit and a wage that reflects our admiration, appreciation and just how important they are in maintaining our freedom and democracy. Thank you all for your service.

[@JasonVoorheesFriday13th]

They take two days to respond to burglary calls though.

[@pixiepunk8447]

Buska leave them alone! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 love how your response sounded like a kid after been scolded but still carries on. ❤

[@iallyl3877]

the WHAT was so like a kid misbehaving haha

[@dekdek551]

Interesting he had to mention the colour of the police.....shame 😢.

[@MF-hq9mq]

@@dekdek551he said “ Riot Police “ but you must have heard “ white Police” … listen again and don’t jump to conclusions

[@darkvision5648]

Love how Buska just "dismissed" the old bill best way of dealing with them. 👍👍

[@dekdek551]

@@darkvision5648 Until you need them....

[@theplaneimage]

2:28 "BUSKA" "What?" "Leave them alone" "I'm only gonna film from a distance!" 😂 Nice one, I didn't know about the "U" on their shoulder, so another school day 👍

[@GlendaRatcliffe]

That's so funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 xx

[@jackdaknife]

There's a mutual respect there, the copper is saying dont get in there face and buskas like yeah im just gonna get pretty close. No harm no foul

[@TJ-hy7gd]

U are the problem too, people's safety isn't content. Only a narcissist runs towards someone you see police running to.

[@janicechalmers1664]

There was a full scale security alert and some woman carrying a child just stands watching.I would have got out of there as fast as possible 😮😮😮😮😮

[@auntiem873]

That would have been my first thought. Get out of danger, protect my child. Watch the story on TV.

[@wendyschaumberg6850]

Seriously long gone, would've been scared**it less. Damn I hate that these drills are more prevalent, however, we carry on..

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Nothing to see here, just move on! Stop making a crisis out of something ordinary.

[@ClassicWorld19]

"Get out of there, man!" - was my response on seeing this person carrying their child. What were they thinking?! Well, obviously they weren't thinking!

[@Ghostiification]

Wasn't a security alert.

[@catherineharrison9441]

Nice to see the system in action even if it was a training exercise, and in reality no-one would be informed in reality. 👍

[@AnitaBowman-wl7gv]

Who nicked the HARÌBO'S

[@sharonjojo]

Still had my heart in my mouth, training exercise or not! I have bad memories of what can happen. wish nothing but total safety for the Horses & Guards, plus of course the public.

[@angelabushby1891]

I'm with you there,horrible memories

[@joanlovelace7338]

I'm sorry I guess I don't understand,what bad memories?

[@j.ksmith7432]

@@joanlovelace7338 20th July 1982, IRA Coward detonated a bomb packed with nails in a car parked on The South Carriageway just as the relief guard of Blues and Royals were passing on their way to Horse Guards. 4 men and 7 horses were killed, there were horrendous injuries and far reaching repercussions. Google it, not nice

[@j.ksmith7432]

@@joanlovelace7338 a couple of hours after that another bomb was detonated under The Bandstand in Regents Park, it killed 6 Royal Green Jackets Bandsmen on the spot, another died later. Many bandsmen and civilians who were watching also had horrendous injuries. This is why I don’t like to see any soldiers name or other personal info talked about on social media. And those two bombs are mere illustrations, there were more.

[@j.ksmith7432]

@@joanlovelace7338 oh, and also, not only do we have to worry about terrorist groups we also need to look out for ‘Lone Wolf’ attacks and the plain insane, such as the knife attack at Horse Guards early 2022

[@CliffMcAulay]

What a beautiful horse!

[@michaelflynn458]

As a U.S. citizen it's hard to get used to unarmed police as the norm. Every cop I know carries 2 guns, extra ammo, and a knife. Most police vehicles have additional weapons: shotgun, rifle, less-lethal (bean bag shooter or a nerf-like missile designed to knock a target down without injury).

[@kathleenyoung769]

In Texas, we don’t call 911.

[@michaelflynn458]

@@kathleenyoung769 same in AZ. Now I'm in MA, fewer visible guns. Not necessarily fewer gun owners.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

British police cars carry an electric kettle, as well as a four-slice toaster.

[@michaelflynn458]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 🤣🤣

[@emmajanereeves6434]

@heli-crewhgs5285 Brilliant comment!!❤😂😂😂

[@mariaharrison7228]

If this had been real, the public got in the way and didn't leave the area. You know the lemmings would all just be looking around with vacant expressions and whatever happened would happen to them!!

[@i8allthepies2]

Apparently someone was carrying an english flag

[@beryleades327]

😅

[@user-lw5yk4vj9o]

Wouldn't be surprised lol 😂

[@anthonynoelgarside6140]

The Cross of St. GEORGE or the flag of the union .

[@FflopsNtanktops]

😂😂😂

[@tracyjohnson4486]

American here. Would someone mind telling me why that is a bad thing?

[@markosmith8037]

Scenes like this will become the norm as London continues it's sad decline 😞. Pre 2000 London was the best.

[@amadeusendymion1272]

1940 not so much

[@limitedmark]

Yep, and thousands of sleeper cells in hotels across the UK .

[@willmitchell255]

Sadly, not just London 😞

[@GilbertdeClare0704]

I still remember late 1950s London, stinky with all the smog, but peaceful and friendly........well unless you strayed into certain Bethnal Green pubs, or Souf of the river😂😂

[@markosmith8037]

they reckon many people of London were actually having a ball during the 'Blitz' and were ultimately not taking the situation as serious as their masters wanted, hence the iron railings etc. being removed etc. They reckon the 'underground' make shift bunkers were resembling a party atmosphere at times, with birth rate increasing. Many people got very rich from the war. @@amadeusendymion1272

[@tiptoe6214]

History tells us that Training exercises usually happen prior to a major incident

[@G4RY1159]

Spot On

[@j.ksmith7432]

That or shutting the door after the horse has bolted.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Living where I do, within 3 miles of main Training area of Salisbury Plain, I disagree, Training exercises are a regular occurrence! OK London is different, they don't usually have them when it might alarm the tourists, but it's a quiet tourist time at the moment, So?

[@janehodgen4019]

​@@lesleyhawes6895 same here in Staffordshire constantly training all over that much goes on.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

Name one incident.

[@fionagreenwood3231]

Wow never expected to see this buska thank you xxxx hope all ok

[@MrLoCoBee]

you should put that in an intro to every video ''Buska leave em alone''...... 🤣

[@Russojap2]

👍😂😂😂

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

0:10 That sound was the London Air Ambulance helicopter (MD902) flying overhead.

[@crazycorpse3818]

😂😂😂 the way they knew what you where going to and you’re respond 😂😂😂

[@The-Lone-Racer-30]

Security alert and the armed cop watches all unarmed cops run in🤣

[@drjamespotter]

Diiferent police forces. The armed is MoD Police, the new ones Metropolitan Police.

[@JC-gl7ee]

@@drjamespotterthey’re actually PaPD, not MoD. Both MET

[@user-vz2nl5en1s]

@@JC-gl7ee They're not part of the MET, 'PaPD' or Parliamentary protection which you're probably referring to are not seen here and protect the sites like downing street down the road, but the armed cops you see here a MoD constables. The unarmed police running in are territorial support group and is part of the MET.

[@geoffcropper1410]

The public shouldn't be anywhere near the horse guards. Something nasty will happen one day.

[@j.ksmith7432]

It already did.

[@j.ksmith7432]

Hay delivery is late again……

[@ianhawdon3680]

Not a large big copper in sight that would worry anyone,bring back the big coppers from years ago

[@suzy7726]

Glad u ignored and went and had a look 😂 the tourists slowly walking across the road with no care in the world 😅😅

[@davidgreen6490]

What happened? The only time we see police in such force is when Tommy Robinson is around.

[@darkvision5648]

​@shizukagozen777 it's in case somebody has an Israeli flag they need to act quickly.

[@pevebe]

Or when a non White person gets their feelings hurt, the SAS get called in

[@uingaeoc3905]

Many do not realise that it is possible to attack the rear of Downing Street from the HG Parade.

[@TheClacky100]

😎😂😂😁👍💯

[@Ragglesnap]

A nursery rhyme springs to mind when you mention Downing street: There was a crooked man who had a crooked house.😬

[@emmajanereeves6434]

Boris having parties again, Suella might join him. Probably Dominic who called the cops out.

[@ge2623]

Well, they do now.

[@Mary-cz5nl]

Like me, for example

[@Sylvia-Storm]

That was their exercise for the day then.

[@user-hb6xe1vr9g]

You're telling me that this was a training exercise?!! It just demonstrates the Metropolitan police failure to notify the ARMED DPG teams on site not to mention the fact that they have just blasted through a military protected site with no clear information as to what they were doing! Oh! And ... what about the members of the public?!!! THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES BY THE MET. The Mod and Met should be having a very heated meeting after that disgraceful performance

[@Perseus7567]

No, they needed them to clear the Horse Guard's Parade for an Air Ambulance that needed somewhere to land. You can hear one of the Armed officers standing there mention it. Horse Guard's Parade is made up of a lot of tiny pieces of shingle and stones. If an Air Ambulance landed there without a large police cordon, it'd cause a lot of people some hurt.

[@elliotspencer2648]

The police "what!?, no pro Palestine protesters for us to protect???".

[@davidbowie2046]

I though they were there for you Buska! Thought you might of got into an altercation with a tourist 😂

[@mightsnow3654]

Interesting how they have a bunch of unarmed police running around like crazy. It should have been armed police on that team.

[@glynluff2595]

Ah! That’s why we live in Britain!

[@markosmith8037]

Britain didn't need armed police... @@glynluff2595

[@northlincsfox243]

They weren’t running round like crazy, they were just responding as they should have done. Also, they don’t generally carry armed personnel on T.S.G. crews.

[@IMMORTALDIO]

Oh could be serious trouble ..ill stand by the gate with my infant child...???

[@bryanbrookes6366]

Pity you don't get that response when you phone up and say your house is been burgled

[@G4RY1159]

Just say you ''THINK'' Tommy Robinson is in the garden

[@danmurphy7338]

Thats because we dont have enough cops to cover life and death situations so a burglery means nothing. Blame our Government

[@MakerInMotion]

Tell them that the burglar posted an offensive tweet.

[@tgm9991]

Well you wouldn't want or need that response just for that

[@timp8843]

I’m not sure of what his title would be. But I would be sure to my appreciation for his attentiveness to his duties.

[@Wilko601st]

Would it take long to re edit but put the benny hill theme on top?

[@Charlieturnerv]

The armed officer just stands there and watches his mates run past 😂😂

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

So these are the elite of the Met? God help us.

[@JG-fv9bv]

Yeah what a slovenly unkempt bunch how any of them passed a fitness test makes the mind boggle

[@Westcountrynordic]

Those are just the ones you see and hear about, its the ones you don't see or hear about that people should be worried about

[@Saydrillin]

Elite of the met is ctsfo

[@elainebrown5586]

Maybe it was a training exercise

[@Rexxyann258]

Sitting here chokeing on my crunchy nut cornflakes through pure laughter watching something that looked like a Benny hill sketch 😂😂

[@deceptiveanswer]

Watch it at double speed, it hurts even more🤣🤣🤣

[@MultiScampi]

​@@deceptiveansweradd the theme tune and it's hilarious 😂😂

[@jsemplefelton5348]

Humour at its worst.

[@deceptiveanswer]

@@jsemplefelton5348 Humour is such a subjective thing and in this day and age, you just gotta laugh.

[@lancedonegan1437]

@@deceptiveanswerfacts 😂

[@pauls3075]

A copper saw a tweet saying there was a doughnut vendor giving a 2 for 1 offer 'while stocks last' they all came running sorry walking as fast as their fat arses could move.

[@paulmc6940]

Looks like a fitness test turned out to be a fatness test

[@cookiemonster2299]

Ironically then ran straight past the man with a camera. 😜❤️

[@justincook1061]

What an out-of-condition bunch. Embarrassing.

[@Perseus7567]

Says the armchair fitness instructor who is probably 400 stone and eating his 7th packet of crisps today. If you have a problem with it, go do their job. No, not capable? No surprise there.

[@futuregirl8803]

He actually called buska by his name 😀👍💪

[@duncanstewart9443]

Perhaps a Training exercise??? (to test response time?)

[@jamielee9350]

It was a response time training exercise.

[@chieftandriver703]

Striking fear into the heart of absolutely no one

[@payasa2131]

😂😂

[@MakerInMotion]

C'mon now. They could all blow their whistles at once and it would hurt the bad guys' ears.

[@plainenglishh]

Nor are they meant to. Why would we want a police service that intends to frighten us? Especially when they're assisting an air ambulance landing as the video depicts.

[@danielfinley47]

What happened???..was there a white bloke with a poppy 😂

[@mattcanning7664]

Did they run past the Hooties thinking that Tommy showed up in London? Just wondering!

[@kaboom-wcsf6419]

imagine arriving at teh scene and not one police officer is ready to go straight to action all look so disorganised putting them vests on running like rugby balls

[@Perseus7567]

Probably because they weren't. They were sent there to clear space for an air ambulance to land. In those kind of calls, it tends to be a last minute decision, so they probably had little time to prepare, and had to rush back to their appropriate vans quickly to respond.

[@robertbills4290]

Pity there isn't any police serving the rest of the country. They don't want to know or turn up to crime anywhere else just give you a crime number joke

[@Perseus7567]

You can blame years of Tory cuts for that. They cut and cut the police budget, then act surprised when the police don't have enough resources to respond to crime. "We have a migrant problem" Okay, maybe try increasing the budget for Border Force instead of slashing it for the 6th time this month.. so they can actually afford ships to patrol with.. I don't know, just a thought Mr. Sunak.

[@johngoglia-gh7ql]

Yes they are training. Like an individual stated. There has been many threats towards great britian since oct7th.. plus higher uptic sonce us/gb air strikes

[@allydalessi3371]

Oh dear Mark you’ve suddenly become a security breach 😱🤣

[@TCW838]

Filed under "what if they threw a riot and no one showed up".

[@brianjones4026]

Looks like somebody may have posted a hateful meme from that location !

[@thetruthhurts7675]

You can tell it is a police exercise, the guards themselves are carrying on regardless. If it was the real thing they would be in the middle of everything.

[@Perseus7567]

They needed them to clear the Horse Guard's Parade for an Air Ambulance that needed somewhere to land. You can hear one of the Armed officers standing there mention it. Horse Guard's Parade is made up of a lot of tiny pieces of shingle and stones. If an Air Ambulance landed there without a large police cordon, it'd cause a lot of people some hurt.

[@timpotter2484]

some oap feeding the birds?

[@jeanettedickinson3446]

well done all lets be careful out there

[@scoosethom8441]

No TV licence

[@billynuts1184]

Wrong pronoun used

[@alanwann9318]

I wonder who is fighting crime?

[@catzkeet4860]

OK. What on earth was that all in aid of?

[@MakerInMotion]

Someone must have made an offensive joke on twitter.

[@user-kk3dg4ei7w]

@@MakerInMotionlove your reply !!!

[@garylongleyl5188]

I heard it was crazy khan admitting he is and will always be totally honest and tell the truth. Unfortunately we didn’t see the ambulance and men in white coats take him away. May have been releasing the police out for a run from their secret hideout ( never one when you want one, then they all come out at once)

[@trishagoodier3943]

Like buses, lol.😊

[@peggymccauley7956]

Doughnut doughnut! Where are you.....?

[@khtnsuwdih]

Armed police out in force? My God! Who was misgendered?

[@iallyl3877]

this wins the internet today 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

Love it.❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

Love it.❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤

[@selinamcilwaine4731]

Love it.❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤

[@trishagoodier3943]

Hahahahaha, that was brilliant. 😂😂😂

[@johnbaldock6353]

Alert 3, I Repeat.. Alert 3 ,Fresh Donuts are in the Fryer!🤣

[@defender399]

Curious response. 🤔 Approached only from the “front door”. Cops spilling out without all their kit in place, several carrying hi-vis vests, and others adjusting equipment as they fall out of the police panels. Everyone rushing out onto the parade ground like easy targets flowing through a funnel of ☠️. The police panels that originally dropped them all off appear on the back of Horse Guards parade ground with no one else seen hopping out; unless missed in the video. In their defence, they knew they were only there positioning to assist a helicopter safely land on the pebbly parade surface with no known potentially harmful threat. From the perspective of missed opportunities, they could have used this as drill for an actual threat and then transitioned into their intended safety role. Hopefully, someone in command of the evolution recognized occurrences for future reference and corrective attention. Considering all the excitement and commotion, I must say, great video!

[@Perseus7567]

They're public order officers. They have no role in protecting Horse Guards. They just wanted to clear the Parade ground for the Air Ambulance, and probably got the order last second. It's really not that deep.

[@nevsmate8663]

...NOT VERY FIT ARE THEY!

[@Perseus7567]

Says the guy armchair fitness instructor who is probably 400 stone, gorging on the 7th packet of crisps today.

[@mickhardstaff6605]

Thats just to show us what thy are expecting .

[@phillwainewright4221]

"What's going on?" Yeah, right ... like they're gonna tell you.

[@ThePopz57]

Well that was unexpected, must have scared the Tourists a bit, only an exercise, but they done good.

[@jameskennedy7324]

I'm 80 years old I did have respect for the police force I lost respect about 50 years ago I don't live in the UK eny more the UK is for foreigners not the British people British people

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

Only time I've ever seen em run in the 21st century.. & it wasn't for the people

[@zuzuspetals8323]

In the U.S., some might say, “Donut run?”

[@pete276]

kids escaping from buck palace

[@euanmcfadden5418]

Policing in the UK is just a joke

[@derek6579]

About time that they trained the horses to bite tourists!

[@user-ze7vb5cx3y]

The annual Police PE event, brief in extremis.

[@robnewman6101]

21st Century London Policing.

[@thyra_UK]

Sorry everyone, this was my fault, i accidentally misgendered one of the horses. My bad, i gave the coppers my last doughnut to split between them, and they said not to do it again. Which i won't be, so sorry, my bad 😢😂

[@trishagoodier3943]

😂😂😂

[@skipdar4396]

Ok, this was a training exercise of a police response team, right? Sooo, where are the weapons? I notice your protection police are armed to the teeth but your regular police on the street are not. Does having unarmed police actually work in today’s world? I can’t imagine responding to a domestic disturbance or a crime in progress while unarmed.

[@peterjackhandy]

Does it work? Check the statistics - Yours & ours.

[@brandenantonino23]

​@@peterjackhandypolice with guns keep people a lot safer the problem is that those people that the police protect us from sneak guns across the border into America or they make them themselves or they sneakily pass those pesky tests

[@skipdar4396]

@@peterjackhandy am I correct in that your police, historically, are unarmed? Perhaps it’s the difference culturally. Policing seems to be very different between our countries. I’m not being critical, just trying to wrap my mind around the concept of unarmed police.

[@msfrred1st]

British police, on the whole, are unarmed. There are civilian police armed response units. The police at Horseguards are Ministry of Defence police who protect military establishments. Nothing to do with Metropolitan Police.

[@thomasnorb4077]

@@skipdar4396 It works, but it's only found in a few European countries. In Norway, police don't carry guns, but the weapons are available (pistols are locked in the patrol car, requires supervisor permission to use). Don't for a minute imagine that the population doesn't have access to guns, but it's mostly rifles and shotguns for hunting. A lot of our home guard reserves kept their AR's at home, but I don't know if they still do that. Legal ownership of guns requires a license and gun club membership, or for other reasons (subject to approval by police).

[@Punk1984Rock]

The diversity hires 😂

[@martinjamessmith1045]

The canteen shuts in 3 minutes.

[@user-df8fq5nw3p]

The police need a fitness test.

[@lynne6417]

Setting up the landing zone for an air ambulance, you have to clear people out. For their safety, and assure the patient being airlifted is prioritized.

[@garywong6161]

What exactly is this incident?Why the AFOs on scene from the MDP didn't respond before the MET's arrival?

[@policeisgek1289]

Air ambulance needed a spot to land from what I can hear the officer say

[@indialajones]

Had such a "BUSKA! LEAVE THEM ALONE!" "but muuumm!!!!" Vibe 😂

[@tracymac1111]

Right place right time!

[@Dars2097]

As soon as they reached the courtyard, they all became NPCs.

[@BEARSMIX]

Seemed like simple drill to me

[@DavyNARDI-bu8qb]

Je ne comprendrai jamais les gens qui ne se bouge pas rapidement pour faciliter le passage des forces de l'ordre ou même des pompiers. La priorité c'est de répondre à l'urgence. Les gens doivent dégager immédiatement. C'est pas compliqué à comprendre.

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

Tommy going for another breakfast?

[@hextoken]

Most of those cops look chubby and unfit

[@lindachandler4750]

Now that's important for the whole police force of England to turn up 😂

[@diannaclarke2758]

The police are politer than the soldiers.

[@carolynmurtaza1180]

What Happened ???

[@truthteller99999]

There had been reports of an unattended box of doughnuts.

[@aleks9677]

People saying this is a "Security Breach", HAH! If it were for that, you'd see MOD and CTSFO with their BMW SUVs going 100 down that road dispearsing everybody like rats.

[@TheClacky100]

Please don't forget to live in fear everyone, because if you don't we'll lose control of you.

[@Perseus7567]

No, they needed them to clear the Horse Guard's Parade for an Air Ambulance that needed somewhere to land. You can hear one of the Armed officers standing there mention it. Horse Guard's Parade is made up of a lot of tiny pieces of shingle and stones. If an Air Ambulance landed there without a large police cordon, it'd cause a lot of people some hurt.

[@johnklockyer]

Was it Police training practice ?

[@holly9464]

Hi, I hope it's okay to ask, could you please add a warning for the flashing lights in this video please? Thank you so much!

[@robnewman6101]

Keep Calm and carry on.