Police use drone team for the first time to prevent more Notting Hill Carnival carnage after murder of young mum
Police will use drones in the Notting Hill Carnival to try to keep the participants safe while descending about two million people in Western London for annual events.
Organizers, 7,000 officers and staff to detect weapons at the most intense entrance points will be in place with live face recognition cameras and scanning belts today and tomorrow.
If he follows the police warnings that the volume of people in such a small settlement may cause a ‘mass injured event’.
And the family of a young mother who attacked the police in front of the police last year called the activity ‘unable to manage’ and said it should be moved to a safer place.
Cher Maximen, 32, was stabbed in front of his three -year -old daughter on the carnival family day after caught a street fight. Then he died in the hospital.
His cousin Lawrence Hoo warned that such an event could be easily again because the annual celebration is ‘insecure in the current format’.
Sky News, “ with the daughter of the family day with the safest place and directly killed in front of the police officers, so if it could be there, it could be everywhere, ” he said. ‘To be honest, this is an irrevocable event.’
The three -day carnival has seen increasing levels of violence in recent years, some of the accusation has fell into high crowded density and inadequate awards.
Cher Maxenen, 32, (in the picture), after being caught in a street fight, the carnival was stabbed in front of his three -year -old daughter on the family day.
Organizers say that 7,000 officers and staff will be in place with live face recognition cameras and scanning belts to detect weapons at the most intense entrance points.
Police will use drones in Notting Hill Carnival for the first time to try to keep the participants safe.
The metropolitan police said that he arrested 100 people yesterday and that he had received dozens of weapons from the streets as part of an operation to deter them the biggest risks for public safety this year’s event.
Drones will be operated by a special team from the British transport police.
The use of face recognition cameras in carnival is controversial, 11 civilian freedom and campaign groups claim that it is subject to ‘racial prejudice’ and requires it to be released.
However, commissioner Sir Mark Rowley defended the election and referred to the minority of carnival operators’ carnival operators who use the effectiveness to commit serious crimes.
Matthew Phillip, the general manager of Karnaval, who responded to the calls to move the event to a new area, said: ‘As we always do, we have put a lot of measures to secure more this year. Carnival is a safe area, it is not more insecure than the rest of London. So I can say that he will come and respect. ‘
