Met Chief: Policing Pro-Palestine Protests Is Greatest Challenge Since 2012 Olympics

Published on December 12, 2023

Senior Met police officers told a committee that the scale of policing pro-Palestine events is beyond that of the 2012 London Olympics. During the Home Affairs Committee on policing protests on Tuesday, MPs heard the scale of events, which has seen thousands of people taking to the streets every Saturday afternoon since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct 7. Met Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said that between Oct. 7 and Dec. 8, the Met’s cost of operations is £17 million. He added that they have more than 800 “open hate crimes,” which need over 6,000 hours of police time to investigate all of them. In some cases, protesters have chanted, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” despite the controversy around the slogan’s meaning....

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