The Metropolitan Police was today accused of attempting to "rewrite history" after staff were told to destroy photographs of officers failing to display their identity numbers. A leaked email obtained by the Standard shows Scotland Yard instructing that pictures of uniformed officers breaching rules which state that they should be identifiable at all times must be "culled" from image libraries and databases. It also warns that images showing police without their numbers "must not be used" and instructs that if any uniformed officers are "put up for interview you should make sure that they have their shoulder numbers/markings and name badges in place". A sergeant who has been charged with assaulting one protester is among a handful of police accused of not wearing their identity epaulette.
The Metropolitan Police was today accused of attempting to "rewrite history" after staff were told to destroy photographs of officers failing to display their identity numbers.
A leaked email obtained by the Standard shows Scotland Yard instructing that pictures of uniformed officers breaching rules which state that they should be identifiable at all times must be "culled" from image libraries and databases.
It also warns that images showing police without their numbers "must not be used" and instructs that if any uniformed officers are "put up for interview you should make sure that they have their shoulder numbers/markings and name badges in place".
A sergeant who has been charged with assaulting one protester is among a handful of police accused of not wearing their identity epaulette.
