Met police acknowledge lack of sensitivity over spit hoods plan

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says he did not think introduction of hoods in London police stations would be so contentious The commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said that the force should have been more sensitive about the introduction of spit hoods, after plans to use them in London were met with an outcry. However, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told the London assembly's police and crime committee that he did not think that the use of the hoods, already in place across 18 British police forces an...