The two police firearms officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes are to resume "full operational duties", Scotland Yard said today. The decision prompted immediate outrage from the family of the innocent Brazilian who police confused with a suspected suicide bomber. The announcement comes six days after the first anniversary of the 27-year-old's killing at a London underground station.
The Metropolitan police's deputy commissioner, Paul Stephenson, took the decision to lift the restrictions on the two officers. The move follows the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) announcement last Monday that no individual officers would face charges over the shooting.
The Met has still to decide whether either of the officers should face disciplinary proceedings over the shooting on July 22 last year.
Asad Rehman, a spokesman from the Justice4Jean campaign, said the de Menezes family were "shocked" that the firearms officers involved had returned to active duty so soon. He told the Press Association the family was "very, very upset" and "in pieces" and described the decision as premature.
