5,000 complaints made against Met
Updated on 07 November 2009
Scotland Yard's riot squad has received more than 5,000 complaint allegations, mostly for "oppressive behaviour", it has emerged.
Details of all allegations lodged against the Metropolitan Police Service's territorial support group (TSG) over the last four years reveal that only nine - less than 0.18% - were "substantiated" after an investigation by the force's complaints department.
The figures, released to The Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act, revealed the TSG has been subject of 5,241 allegations since August 2005.
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