A total of 78 police officers were used, at a cost of �7,200, in the night-time operation to crack down on the anti-war protester Brian Haw in Parliament Square, it was disclosed yesterday.
The raid ran up a bill of �3,000 in overtime and �4,200 for “transport, catering and erection of road barriers”, said Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner.The manpower involved in reducing Mr Haw’s permitted protesting space to a 10ft “cube” outside Parliament is almost four times the 20 suggested after the raid in the early hours on Tuesday. However, Scotland Yard said 24 of the 78 officers were “kept in reserve”.
Police sent 78 to quell lone protester (Telegraph)
Brian Haw/Parliament Square Peace Campaign website
Peace sign by Banksy
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