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Reference:
2020/3776
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Question by:
David Kurten
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Meeting date:
15 October 2020
Why did the Territorial Support Group police officers who conducted the arrest of Dr Heiko Schöning at Speakers' Corner at Hyde Park on the afternoon of 26 September 2020 cover their name tags and numbers - clipping their phones over them, or cover them with their tabards. Given its own unhappy history with this particular issue, the Metropolitan Police will be particularly aware why uniformed police officers on public order duties must be capable of being identified at all times. The alleged re-appearance of this practice is highly disappointing. Who authorised it and why?