Original sentence: He goes on to suggest that "Given the strict controls over the issue and storage of service weapons and personal protection weapons, any instance of misuse should and would have been dealt with at the time by the special investigation branch, whose activities, as previously stated would be well known to military intelligence.In an article in the Belfast Newsletter of 2 May 2008  the MLA for East Belfast, Michael Copeland(a former UDR Officer) alleged that vetting procedures for the UDR were not carried out by the regiment itself but by the Special Investigations Branch of the army (Royal Military Police).Professionalism - it is generally accepted that the forces of both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic did an excellent, professional job.Similar accusations were made against the forces of the Irish Republic.The Gardai & Irish Army.The Special Patrol Group was renamed the Divisional Mobile Support Group after the men's conviction.The UDR and loyalists.The failures, if any, lie at the door of British military intelligence, who, if they harboured such suspicions, should have taken action.The weapons obtained were divided between the UDA, the UVF and Ulster Resistance, and led to an escalation in the murder of Catholics, although some of the weaponry (such as rocket propelled grenades) were hardly used
Edited sentence: The Special Patrol Group was stood down after the men's conviction.The nationalist Pat Finucane Centre has claimed that the group of British Army, RUC, UDR and UVF members that Wier and McCaughey referred to, which they called the "Glenane gang", was responsible for 87 killings in the 1970s, including the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974 and the Miami Showband killings of 1975.The weapons obtained were divided between the UDA, the UVF and Ulster Resistance, and led to an escalation in the assassination of Catholics, although some of the weaponry (such as rocket propelled grenades) were hardly used