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PC [[Keith Palmer (police officer)|Keith Palmer]], who was [[List of British police officers killed in the line of duty|murdered in the line of duty]] in [[2017 Westminster attack|a terrorist stabbing attack in 2017]] in [[New Palace Yard]], was a member of PaDP.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/london-parliament-attack/london-honors-slain-terror-attack-police-officer-keith-palmer-n744581|title=London Honors Slain Terror Attack Police Officer Keith Palmer|work=NBC News|author=Eoghan Macguire|date=10 April 2017}}</ref> |
PC [[Keith Palmer (police officer)|Keith Palmer]], who was [[List of British police officers killed in the line of duty|murdered in the line of duty]] in [[2017 Westminster attack|a terrorist stabbing attack in 2017]] in [[New Palace Yard]], was a member of PaDP.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/london-parliament-attack/london-honors-slain-terror-attack-police-officer-keith-palmer-n744581|title=London Honors Slain Terror Attack Police Officer Keith Palmer|work=NBC News|author=Eoghan Macguire|date=10 April 2017}}</ref> |
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PC Wayne Couzens, formerly a member of PaDP<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/sarah-everard-killer-was-deployed-as-parliamentary-guard-255016/|title=Sarah Everard killer Wayne Couzens was deployed as parliamentary guard |
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|work=Kent Online|author=Chris Hunter|date=03 October 2021}}</ref>, falsely arrested [[Sarah Everard]] under the pretence of having breached [[COVID-19]] regulations and drove her to near [[Dover]] where he [[rape]]d and [[strangle]]d her, before burning her body and disposing of her remains in a nearby pond. |
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PC David Carrick, a serving member of PaDP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/cps-authorises-rape-charge-against-david-carrick|title=CPS authorises rape charge against David Carrick |
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|work=Kent Online|author=The Crown Prosecution Service|date=03 October 2021}}</ref> was charged with one count of rape following an alleged attack on a woman on the night of 4 September 2020. |
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Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP) is a branch of Protection Command within the Specialist Operations directorate of London's Metropolitan Police Service.[1]
Duties
A unit of the Metropolitan Police Service, PaDP is responsible for providing officers (armed and unarmed) to protect the Palace of Westminster, which contains the Houses of Parliament; it protects government ministers and provides advice on threat levels.[2] Within PaDP is a Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team (PLaIT), which is responsible for coordinating with local police forces and with the Parliamentary Security Department (PSD) (which reports to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords).[2] PaDP is responsible for security at Downing Street.[3]
PaDP is also responsible for the protection of diplomatic missions in the UK, consistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (which requires that a host country protect embassies and consulates, while preserving their inviolability).[4] PaDP provides armed and unarmed security in both police cars and foot patrols, and uniformed and plainclothes operations.[4]
History
PaDP was created in April 2015 in a merger of the Metropolitan Police Service's Diplomatic Protection Group (SO6) and the Palace of Westminster Division (SO17).[5][6] It is the largest armed police unit in the UK.[7]
The Diplomatic Protection Group formed in November 1974 as a branch of Metropolitan Police Service devoted to the protection of diplomatic missions in Central London.[8] The group was elevated to a command in 1979.[8] DPG officers were also assigned to support security operations for royal weddings, state visits, and other events.[8]
The Palace of Westminster Division (SO17) was a branch of the Specialist Operations Directorate within London's Metropolitan Police Service. In accordance with a contract and Special Service Agreement with Parliament, SO17 was responsible for security at the Palace of Westminster and the rest of the Parliamentary Estate.[9]
Notable incidents
On 27 December 1972, police constable (PC) Peter Slimon, en route to his post protecting the Jordanian embassy, ran across an attempted bank robbery in progress at the National Westminster Bank at Kensington High Street. A gun battle ensued (a very rare event in London). Slimon fatally shot one bank robber and wounded another; Slimon was himself wounded by gunfire.[10][11] Slimon was awarded the George Medal for "outstanding resolution, devotion to duty and courage of a very high order" in tackling the robbers.[12]
During the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, PC Trevor Lock was taken hostage along with the embassy staff. The British Army's Special Air Service rescued the hostages six days later.[8]
PC Keith Palmer, who was murdered in the line of duty in a terrorist stabbing attack in 2017 in New Palace Yard, was a member of PaDP.[13]
PC Wayne Couzens, formerly a member of PaDP[14], falsely arrested Sarah Everard under the pretence of having breached COVID-19 regulations and drove her to near Dover where he raped and strangled her, before burning her body and disposing of her remains in a nearby pond.
PC David Carrick, a serving member of PaDP[15] was charged with one count of rape following an alleged attack on a woman on the night of 4 September 2020.
See also
References
- ^ "Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection". Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Security at Westminster and beyond in Democracy, freedom of expression and freedom of association: Threats to MPs, Joint Committee on Human Rights (2019).
- ^ Questions to the Mayor: Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Unit polices, London Assembly (18 June 2020).
- ^ a b Met boosts security for embassies, Embassy Network (21 February 2019).
- ^ Envoys learn of new threat at security seminar, Embassy Network (18 January 2016).
- ^ Police guard the entrance to Downing Street London., Getty Images (22 July 2019).
- ^ Elite London Police Officer Arrested on Suspicion Of Murder, Agence France-Presse (10 March 2021).
- ^ a b c d "History of the Diplomatic Protection Group". Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "SO17 Palace of Westminster". Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Alvin Shuster, Gun Battle in London Stirs Controversy, New York Times (3 January 1973).
- ^ "Period 1946 to date". Friends of the Metropolitan Police Historical Collection. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
- ^ "No. 46156". The London Gazette. 18 December 1973. p. 15034.
- ^ Eoghan Macguire (10 April 2017). "London Honors Slain Terror Attack Police Officer Keith Palmer". NBC News.
- ^ Chris Hunter (03 October 2021). "Sarah Everard killer Wayne Couzens was deployed as parliamentary guard". Kent Online.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ The Crown Prosecution Service (03 October 2021). "CPS authorises rape charge against David Carrick". Kent Online.
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