She added: ' Please know we are offering every assistance to the IOPC in their investigation and, due to their important ongoing work, will not be able to comment further at this time.' Superintendent Annmarie Cowley, from the Metropolitan Central North Command acknowledged that the incident will be 'incredibly concerning to the public'.Ĭommissioner Sir Mark Rowley, who began the job in September, believes there are hundreds of corrupt officers serving in the Metropolitan Police force 'Our investigation is in its initial stages and we have begun gathering evidence and have secured officers' body worn video footage.' The IOPC continued: 'After being notified by the MPS' Directorate of Professional Standards later that afternoon, we sent investigators to Islington police station to attend the police post-incident procedures and declared an independent investigation. While the investigation of Monday's incident is in its initial stages, the IOPC has now begun gathering evidence and has secured officers' body-worn video footage.

Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore and Chris Kaba also died in the hands of Scotland Yard officers last year, with the IOPC also having looked into both incidents. The Metropolitan Police were branded institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic in a major review which was commissioned after 33-year-old Sarah Everard was murdered by serving officer Wayne Couzens. The investigation comes at a time when Britain's biggest police force has moved officers from tackling serious crime to internal standards in order to help clean up its workforce. 'We understand the man remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.' The man became unconscious and was then given medical attention. 'The man was taken to the medical facility to be assessed where he became agitated at times and later officers have used PAVA spray and restrained him.

'MPS officers responded to reports from members of the public on Monday morning of a man behaving erratically and setting his clothes on fire on Euston Road, NW1. 'We understand the man remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. The IOPC said: 'An independent investigation is underway into the actions of Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers during an incident where a man was restrained at a hospital in north London on Monday 3 April.

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