Today (20/9) sees the return home of over 200 CNC officers who have been deployed since last week on Operation London Bridge.
The largest policing operation the country has ever seen to ensure Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest safely and peacefully.
We sent officers, from all our Operational Policing Units across England and Scotland to three different forces, with all of the logistical support that this entailed. Their deployments at various locations across London, Windsor and Essex included Westminster Hall where the Queen was lying in state, the Long Walk at Windsor and Stanstead Airport.
PC Ammy Whitehead and Sgt Tony Oliver also represented the CNC in the ceremonial part of the event. All officers are now returning to their home sites, honoured to have played a part in this historic and important occasion.
Ch Supt Graham Bell, who ran the CNCs involvement of the operation, said:
“I am extremely proud of the way the CNC again swung into action at this time of national mourning.
“Thank you to the officers who were deployed, the ones who continued to deliver our core Mission at our sites and all the support services who made this deployment possible.
“The loss of our Queen after a 70-year reign has hit the country hard but we should all be proud to have paid an important part in ensuring the period of mourning and funeral went to plan.”