Matt Ratana: Croydon police officer thought custody role was 'safest option' before retirement

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Matt Ratana: Croydon police officer thought custody role was 'safest option' before retirement
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Tributes have poured in for Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matiu Ratana following his death after a 23-year-old gunman opened fire at Croydon Custody Centre in south London

A police officer shot dead by a handcuffed suspect inside a station had taken the job of custody sergeant because he thought it would be safer, friends have revealed.

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