Armed police are afraid of the legal fallout of using their weapons, even when they follow their training, the head of the force has said.
Sir Mark has now called for a reform of the law to change the threshold by which they can be held criminally responsible for using firearms.
Progress, he said, to deliver change in the Met was"undermined by a system not set up to help officers succeed". A Metropolitan Police officer, named only as appeared in court on Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting ofHome Secretary Suella Braverman has since launched a review"to ensure [officers] have the confidence to do their jobs".
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