Met Police orders all custody sergeants to wear body armour after Sgt Matt Ratana’s death in station

Met Police orders all custody sergeants to wear body armour and gives metal detectors to officers on the street after Sgt Matt Ratana was shot dead by ‘handcuffed suspect’ Custody detention officer sergeants now wear armour to speakĀ in first instance Officers on the beat also to be given metal detector wands to help searches Comes … Read more

Met Police orders all custody sergeants to wear body armour after Sgt Matt Ratana’s death in station

Met Police orders all custody sergeants to wear body armour and gives metal detectors to officers on the street after Sgt Matt Ratana was shot dead by ‘handcuffed suspect’ Custody detention officer sergeants now wear armour to speakĀ in first instance Officers on the beat also to be given metal detector wands to help searches Comes … Read more

‘My gentle giant will never be forgotten’: Sgt Matt Ratana’s partner tells of ‘losing her soul mate’

The partner of slain police sergeant Matt Ratana has spoken of ‘losing her soul mate’ in a touching tribute to him. Experienced custody sergeant Mr Ratana, 54, was shot dead by a handcuffed suspect in the early hours of Friday at a custody suite in Croydon, south London. His suspected killer, widely reported to be … Read more