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London: The Commissioner of London's Metropolitan police force (the Met), Sir John Stevens, on Tuesday took charge of talks to resolve a row threatening to throw capacity to provide armed police protection for London into crisis. By night, 125 of the Metropolitan police's 400-strong SO19 specialist firearms unit had agreed to down weapons in protest at the suspension of two officers involved in a fatal shooting five years ago. Others in the royal and diplomatic protection units, which guard the U.K. Parliament, Tony Blair and the royal family are considering following suit, and police chiefs fear security could be affected if the dispute escalates. Inspector Neil Sharman and PC Kevin Fagan were suspended from duty on Friday after a coroner's court decided they unlawfully killed Harry Stanley, 46, when they shot him dead in 1999. They mistook the table leg he was carrying for a shotgun, but the jury rejected the pair's claims that they believed their lives were in imminent danger. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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