Hounslow-based Dave Turtle spoke after the controversial arrest of an evangelist outside Southgate Underground Station in north London last Saturday afternoon.
He told Premier: “There needs to be a fundamental review of training for faith issues across all police service because…we’ve had a number of situations across the country where street preachers have been arrested and then de-arrested.”
Yesterday, Premier reported how the Metropolitan Police’s local Professional Standards Unit was reviewing the incident after a complaint was received.
According to the force, Olu was detained briefly “to prevent a breach of the peace” after “concerns” were raised about his behaviour. He was later de-arrested.
A Christian preacher this afternoon was arrested at Southgate station London N14 for preaching about Jesus . @CConcern the police told him it’s because public had said he was being islamophobic . We have the full video and wondered when preaching was now illegal ? @Campaign4T pic.twitter.com/ZxC1DhlZCf
— EyeOnAntisemitism (@AntisemitismEye) 23 February 2019
Sergeant Turtle continued: “If a member of the public is complaining about a street preacher, that officer…has a duty to explain to that member of the public what that street preacher’s rights actually are.
“It’s not for us to arrest every street preacher or every Christian expressing their justified view…
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