Police defend shooting strategy
There is no need to change the strategy police use to deal with suicide bombers despite the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, senior officers have said. But the Association of Chief Police Officers, reviewing how the Brazilian was killed, accepted the public needed a clearer explanation of their tactics. The Met Police Authority, a civilian body which oversees the Met Police, said Acpo’s review was not good enough. Mr Menezes was shot in London last July after police mistook him for a bomber. Full Story