London police call for backup as officers lay down guns after colleague charged with murder

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Restoring public trust is crucial for the Met because British law enforcement is based on the idea of "policing by consent," which means most officers don't carry guns and they rely on the public to respect their authority.
43% : "Police cannot be judge, jury and executioner and must not be above the law," said Deborah Coles, director of Inquest, a charity focused on state-related deaths.
40% : The action deepened the sense of crisis in Britain's largest police force, which is struggling to restore public confidence after a series of scandals and an independent review that found it was riddled with institutional racism, sexism and homophobia.
40% : But he said that police understand that they are subject to criminal law in the same way as any other member of the public.
38% : The tensions over armed officers comes as Rowley tries to rebuild public confidence in his force following a series of scandals, including a serving officer who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young woman in 2021.

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