This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Do not sell the water canon that the MPS owns and sanction it's use
The MPS have owned a water canon for a number of years now. It has never been deployed as the government think it's too oppressive. They're now selling it. The water canon is a perfectly safe tool to use. Yes it looks oppressive but so do the firearms and shields we use
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Yesterday and over the years London has had scenes of mass violent disorder often leading to injuries with the Police Service. We talk about Zero Tolerance. If the Police Service do not have the tools to deal with disorder how can we be Zero Tolerant
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