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Saturday, 21 November 2020

The Met Police says it is looking to procure more hand-held “search wands.”

They enable officers to undertake an additional search of suspects to check for concealed weapons before taking them into custody.

The roll out follows on from a trial that started in June last year.  

The move follows the death of Sgt Matiu Ratana who was shot as he prepared to search a handcuffed suspect at Croydon Custody Centre.