Thousands of police hours spent on Just Stop Oil should have been spent investigating crime, a top Met cop has told LBC.
The Met's Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said that a huge amount of time - 12,000 shifts' worth or many thousands of working hours - had been dedicated to clearing roads and patrolling motorways in an attempt to limit Just Stop Oil's disruption.
"But we have to have a well resourced plan in place to deal with Just Stop Oil, because the public rightly expect us to deal with these things quickly. The action came after police chiefs and politicians talked tough over the weekend, with Home Secretary Suella Braverman apparently set to summon senior officers to discuss how to deal with disruption in the coming weeks.
"Just Stop Oil supporters understand that this is irrelevant when set against mass starvation, slaughter and the loss of our rights, freedoms and communities.
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