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Metropolitan police says officers back on armed duty after protest

Armed police in Westminster
Armed police in Westminster. The Met has said officers are back on armed duty after a protest over a colleague being charged with murder. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

The Metropolitan police service has announced its firearms officers are back on normal duty, a week after some put down their weapons in protest at a colleague being charged with murder.

More than 100 officers were reported to have handed in their tickets, an accreditation to permit them to carry firearms while on the job, after the officer – identified only as NX121 – was charged on 20 September.

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