An investigation has been launched following allegations of drunk officers throwing petrol bombs at each other while away at a riot training centre in Gravesend, Kent
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Police officers allegedly started a blaze that needed 150 fire extinguishers to put out after getting drunk and throwing petrol bombs at each other.
An investigation has been launched into an incident in which a police pool car was destroyed at the Met's tactical training centre in Gravesend, Kent.
According to a source, five British officers and two Canadian cops went out drinking after a day of public order training and ended up dangerously tossing petrol bombs about.
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The fun stopped when they accidentally struck a car used for driving around the 100-acre site caught fire, Mail Online reports.
The officers did not call the fire brigade because they wanted to avoid the incident being officially logged, a source claims.
The training centre, which reportedly cost £41 million to build, has accommodation on site for around 300 people.
The Met Police confirmed one officer is under investigation for arson at the training site on March 23 last year. He has been placed on restricted duties.
The incident came two weeks before the outgoing Met Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick visited the centre on her last day in the job.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “The Met's directorate of professional standards is investigating an allegation that an officer attached to public order committed arson at a police training facility in Kent on Wednesday, 23 March, while he was off duty.
“A mandatory referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
“The officer has been placed on restricted duties.”
An IOPC spokesperson said: “Having carefully considered a mandatory conduct referral from the Metropolitan Police Service, received on March 23, 2022, we decided the matter did require investigation and it was appropriate for the force's directorate of professional standards to carry it out.”
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