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Armed police in London will soon be body cameras when they to incidents. This is to greater transparency and speculation when police people. The move in response to the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old Londoner in North London in 2011. London police that its officers were to arrest the man on suspicion of planning an attack, and that he was in possession of a handgun. The killing led to widespread clashes with the police and into riots across London and other cities. The man's family and friends campaigned for years claiming he was unlawfully killed. A public inquiry on January the 8th that the killing was lawful.

London's senior police officials the body cameras will greater clarity and proof surrounding any future shootings. The head of the police out that it was relatively rare for London police officers to fire. Regular police officers the streets do not carry guns, unlike police in many cities around the world. Between 2010 and 2012, there were 12,721 times when armed police to incidents. Shots were on just four occasions. Neil Basu, head of the police's specialist firearms unit, said: "These are professional officers who want to be and want the public to them. If [ body cameras is] what it takes, then that is what they will do."