Streatham terror attack police officers under investigation for 'dangerous driving and misconduct'

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Tim Baker2 March 2020
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Two police officers who helped deal with the Streatham terror attack are being investigated after an unmarked armed response car crashed.

The investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct centres around alleged dangerous driving and misconduct.

One of the officers was driving an undercover police vehicle towards the terror attack when the car was involved in a crash with two other vehicles, leaving the driver and one other person injured.

The other officer being investigated was driving an armed response vehicle in full livery and was not involved in the crash, instead continuing to the scene of Sudesh Amman’s attack.

Amman, 20, was shot dead by police after he stole a knife from a shop on Streatham High Road on February 2 and attacked members of the public.

Amman, 20, had previous terrorism convictions
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He had recently been released from prison having been jailed for terrorism offences, and was under 24 hour surveillance.

The terrorist managed to injure two passersby before he was stopped by officers, and was found to be wearing a hoax suicide vest.

Amman's attack - and that of Usman Khan last year on London Bridge last year - has sparked a pledge from the government to stop the early release of terrorists.

A spokesman for watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct said: “We are conducting an independent investigation into a road traffic incident involving a Metropolitan Police car which collided with two vehicles while responding to the terror attack in Streatham on Sunday February 2. Two people received injuries.

“On Friday February 28 we served notices of investigation for dangerous driving and gross misconduct on the officer driving the vehicle involved in the collision and on the driver of a marked police vehicle which was in close proximity to the unmarked vehicle but not involved in the collision.”

Ken Marsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents officers, said: "The public will be appalled when they hear that brave police officers responding to a terrorist attack can be treated in such a manner.

"What kind of message does this send? These officers and their colleagues put their lives on the line that day to protect the public. Now potentially their careers are on the line. It’s absurd. A complete joke."

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