The Metropolitan Police has said it will apologise to those wrongly arrested during the coronation if it's found officers made mistakes.
Six members of anti-monarchy organisation Republic were arrested on suspicion of going equipped to lock on - something some protesters do to make them more difficult to move from sites - because they had luggage straps to secure placards in their lorry.Three volunteers for women's safety scheme Night Stars were also arrested in possession of rape alarms, which they carry to give out as part of anti-spiking kits.
Ms Rolfe said: ‘The way that we work and we operate is that we have to respond swiftly to a developing intelligence picture and it may not always be feasible or practical to ensure evidence before an arrest is made.’ Mr Adelekan told the London Assembly committee: ‘The intelligence was significant enough and worried us enough that senior colleagues were briefed late on the Friday night into the Saturday, and I suggest that senior political colleagues were briefed on some of the details of the intelligence.’
He said officers were ‘deeply concerned’ for the safety of the public lining the procession route and that they had worked through the night before the coronation. He added that the fact that protesters managed to get on to the procession route for the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee parade had increased concerns around the coronation.
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