The Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner's comments were released as a new report said 'increasingly disruptive protests' were forcing people to drop plans to visit tourist attractions or go to the shops.
The Metropolitan Police has said it is 'very likely' arrests will be made more quickly when it handles large protests in the future. Assistant commissioner Matt Twist, who is responsible for protest and public order policing across London, also admitted the force 'didn't get everything right' when policing demonstrations in recent times.
'We are now much more focused on identifying reasonable grounds for arrest, acting where needed, and then investigating, so in these circumstances it's very likely arrests would be made more quickly now.' On the topic of 'two-tier' policing, Mr Twist added: 'We base policing tactics on the threat, harm and risk based on the information and intelligence available to us.
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