The Latest Breaking News from Mark Rowley

Met Commissioner says thousands of officer hours are being occupied dealing with over 800 open hate crime cases

Director of Inquest Deb Coles said it was ‘appalling’ that Sir Mark Rowley had criticised justice campaign groups

Hundreds of London’s Metropolitan police officers temporarily turned in their firearms in September after the Crown Prosecution Service charged an officer with the murder of unarmed 24-year-old Chris Kaba. Up to 300 of the force’s 2,500 armed officers stepped back from their duties, leading the Met to request backup support…

Home secretary says demonstration at Royal Artillery Memorial ‘deeply disrespectful’ and he is looking at giving police new powers

Police said the behaviour of demonstrators in London was ‘unfortunate’ and ‘inflammatory in certain ways’ but that no laws had been broken.

Protesters climbed on the Royal Artillery Memorial after a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday evening

The Prime Minister is meeting Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley following last Saturday’s violent scenes in London.

The meeting came after police made scores of arrests on Saturday, mainly of Far-Right counter protesters

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