Key Points: Two Metropolitan Police officers from East London—PC James McDowall and PC Ancuta Rusu—have been nominated for the 2025 National Police Bravery Awards following their courageous intervention during a high-risk incident involving a vulnerable man reportedly armed with a gun. The situation unfolded in the early hours of 7 October 2023 in Tower Hamlets …
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