Extinction Rebellion protest cost police £21 million and hit crime investigations, says Cressida Dick

Extinction Rebellion’s protests cost £21 million to police and led to other investigations being stalled and some policing “not done at all,” Britain’s most senior police officer has revealed. Cressida Dick said that it meant that with the additional £16 million from Extinction Rebellion’s action in April, the total policing cost was more than twice the annual £15 million budget of London’s Violent Crime Taskforce. She said the protests - man