Territorial Support Group
The Territorial Support Group (TSG) is the Metropolitian Police Service's "strategic reserve for public disorder and critical incident response.[1]
The TSG was created in 1986 to replace the Special Patrol Group.[2]
G20 death
<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Video of police assault on Ian Tomlinson, who died at the London G20 protest">HECMVdl-9SQ</youtube> Ian Tomlinson died on 1 April 2009 after being struck with a baton by a TSG officer while he attempted to make his way home from work through a G20 protest in Central London.[3]
Another TSG officer, Delroy Smillie, was due to be charged with assault after footage emerged in which he appeared to strike a woman at a vigil for Tomlinson the following day.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Territorial Support Group, Metropolitan Police, 5 October 2009.
- ↑ Territorial Support Group, Metropolitan Police, 5 October 2009.
- ↑ Paul Lewis, G20 death: police officer could face manslaughter charge, guardian.co.uk, 4 August 2009.
- ↑ Alexandra Topping and paul Lewis, Police officer will be charged for G20 assault, guardian.co.uk, 28 September 2009.
