Met commissioner demands better legal protection for armed police

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Ms Braverman tweeted:She added: "That's why I have launched a review to ensure they have the confidence to do their jobs while protecting us all."Responding to the announcement of the review, Sir Mark said: "We would welcome the review considering the following issues, which would require changes to regulations or primary legislation:"Too often investigations are announced when only a minimal interrogation of the facts has taken place, damaging public confidence, only for further inquiries to establish criminality or wrongdoing either wasn't borne out at the level initially suggested, or at any level at all.
40% : "It would be more sensible for the threshold to be a 'reasonable suspicion', as in most other cases of criminal law."
34% : The Metropolitan Police has been thrown into turmoil after hundreds of authorised firearms officers laid down their weapons in protest at the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge the officer.

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