The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has been accused of “capitulation” to his firearms officers after his force criticised the decision to charge an officer who shot dead an unarmed man with gross misconduct.
The fresh row over armed policing broke out as the police watchdog confirmed a decision it first made five years ago that an officer known only as W80, who killed Jermaine Baker in 2015, should face a disciplinary hearing for alleged use of excessive force, which could result in him being sacked.
