The new chief of the Met Police says a key legal threshold for intervening in Just Stop Oil roadblocks has not been met, despite hundreds of protestors being arrested.
Environmental activists demanding the government stop all new gas and oil licences have been blocking roads in central London, for the past 12 days to promote climate action.
Londoners are divided over the disruption, which saw protestors glue themselves to tarmac, with some praising the group for highlighting the crisis, while others blasted the activists for blocking ambulances and fire engines from reaching emergencies.
Speaking to City Hall’s police and crime committee this morning (Wednesday, October 12), commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said 2,156 officer days had gone into policing the protests.
Sir Mark, who took on the top job in the force last month, appeared at the meeting at the Crystal, in east London, at 10am, where he said the situation was “frustrating”.
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