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The new chief inspector of constabulary has told MPs that it is “utterly unacceptable” for police to disguise their identifying numbers while policing demonstrations.
Denis O’Connor, a former Metropolitan police officer and chief constable of Surrey, told MPs on the Commons home affairs select committee that there was no rationale for it and it was a practice that would cease.
Demonstrators at the G20 protests earlier this month have complained that police refused to display their badges, meaning they could not be identified.
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Mr O’Connor said: “It is utterly unacceptable to be not wearing their numerals. I am very concerned with that issue. I firmly hope that will be rectified with some certainty … I would expect people in public order and other situations to wear their numbers … it acts as a good check and balance.”
He told the committee’s chairman, Keith Vaz, that he had been “very concerned” to see the film extracts showing demonstrators apparently being attacked by officers during the demonstrations, and that he had spoken to the Met police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, about them.
