The prison-overcrowding crisis could stop police from taking dangerous suspects off the streets if the shortage of jail places worsens over the coming weeks, Sir Mark Rowley has warned.
The Met Commissioner said his officers would continue trying to arrest people and have them remanded in custody when necessary to protect the public. But he said he was “worried” that a likely deterioration in the prison overcrowding crisis would lead to a situation where it was no longer possible “to keep pushing things into the system if the system completely jams”.
