More officers return to carrying weapons after promises of a review to examine greater protections

Scotland Yard chiefs were hopeful on Monday that the rebellion by their own firearm officers was subsiding, with more returning to carrying weapons assuaged by promises that a review would examine greater protections.

The crisis was triggered when officers refused to carry out armed patrols after the announcement last Wednesday by prosecutors that a firearms officer would face a murder charge for shooting dead an unarmed suspect, Chris Kaba, last September in south London.

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