AC of Met Operations, Matt Twist, said ‘it’s too early’ to conclude that an increase in certain crimes is linked to the current level of officer abstraction, but an analysis is being done.
The Met Police is aiming to spread the workload involved in policing the regular protests being held in the capital in recent weeks to help ease the burden on the 3,500 or so public order trained officers who are “doing a disproportionate amount”. Assistant commissioner of Met Operations, Matt Twist,…