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Met chief's hint at replicating Northern Ireland policing ‘mad, bad and impossible to implement’
Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, during the unveiling of memorial stone, September 25, 2024, dedicated to Sergeant Matt Ratana at Croydon Custody Centre, south London, where the New Zealand born British police officer was shot and killed on 25th September 2020

THE Metropolitan Police chief’s attempt to suggest Northern Ireland-style policing for future demonstrations was condemned as another effort to criminalise the right to protest yesterday.

In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Sir Mark Rowley said that Parliament has “generally taken quite a permissive approach to protest.”

However, he went on to suggest there are “alternative models in operation in other jurisdictions.”

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