If criminal offences are alleged to have taken place, police have to follow a rigorous investigation process
- Parm Sandhu is a former chief superintendent with the Metropolitan police
As a former senior police officer, when considering the Met’s investigation of alleged parties at No 10 I imagine a scene at the start of the shift for the Downing Street beat. I hear the sergeant giving out the orders: “PC Angel, there’s a job here for you from the deputy assistant commissioner, you lucky thing! Nip down to No 10 and issue this bunch of fixed penalty notices. You might want to take PC Butterman with you, and for heaven’s sake make sure you look good for the cameras and turn your body-worn video on.”
While this would clearly give the officers a story to dine on for many years, it is unlikely to be a job to savour. This is the position the Met finds itself in, after the latest twists and turns of the past week.
Parm Sandhu is a former chief superintendent with the Met police and author of Black and Blue: One Woman’s Story of Policing and Prejudice
