Met Chief: Policing Pro-Palestine Protests Is Greatest Challenge Since 2012 Olympics

‘Chronic demand’ for police has also been compounded for responding to Just Stop Oil over the past few weeks, said police bosses.

People in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration in Piccadilly Circus, London, dated Oct. 9, 2023. Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Senior Met police officers told a committee that the scale of policing pro-Palestine events is beyond that of the 2012 London Olympics.

During the Home Affairs Committee on policing protests on Tuesday, MPs heard the scale of events, which has seen thousands of people taking to the streets every Saturday afternoon since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct 7.