Police under fire after jogger runs into Prime Minister David Cameron

David Cameron has insisted he has confidence in his police bodyguards despite an apparent security breach which saw a jogger collide with him and his protection team. The Metropolitan Police Service has announced it will carry out a review into the incident, which occurred as the Prime Minister left an event at Leeds Civic Hall. Jogger Dean Farley denied he had spotted the Prime Minister before the collision but questioned the efficiency of Mr Cameron’s security team if he had managed to get close to him so easily. Mr Cameron appeared unaffected by the events in Leeds as he gave a scheduled statement on Europe in the Commons.

The Met Police have some of the best close protection officers in the world. However, this was a clear breach of security and could have been far more sinister in outcome.

Conservative MP Mark Pritchard

West Yorkshire Police said there was “nothing sinister” about the incident and it was “just a man in the wrong place at the wrong time”. He was understood to be on his way to a local gym. Conservative MP Mark Pritchard has demanded a full investigation into how the Metropolitan Police security team allowed the man to get so close to Mr Cameron. He called for the Met’s commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to launch an immediate internal inquiry.

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