Police watchdog say Inspector stop cops are cleared of any wrong doing

Published: 6:22 pm August 18, 2020

Updated: 4:00 am March 8, 2026

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On Sunday, 24 May the Metropolitan Police Service received an internal complaint regarding a vehicle stop.

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This followed an incident on Saturday, 23 May 2020, when a man, a serving Metropolitan Police officer, was stopped by police while driving his vehicle in Croydon. The driver, who is a black man, alleged that the stop was the result of racial profiling.

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