Arrest of boy with water pistol - Metropolitan Police Service

Investigation overview

Our investigation into a complaint regarding an incident where armed police officers were deployed to a boy who as playing with a water pistol with his sister began in October 2023. It was voluntarily referred to us by the Metropolitan Police Service in July 2023 but sent for investigation by the force at the time. We subsequently redetermined that the matter should be independently investigated.

Outcome

This page will be updated with details of our findings in due course.

Find out more

Information we have previously published about this investigation can be found in the ‘related news’ section below.