Sir Mark has told how officers feared that the alleged attacker may have had a bomb, given the way he responded to being detained, and praised their bravery.<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Polanski said he had shared the tweet \u201cin haste\u201d.<\/p>\n But Sir Keir tore into the Green Leader, saying: \u201cZack Polanski\u2019s criticism of the police officers response to the Golders Green attack was disgraceful.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not fit to lead any political party.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement released on Friday afternoon, Mr Polanski said: \u201cEveryone in leadership has a responsibility for lowering the temperature at a time of such tension, and I apologise for sharing a tweet in haste.<\/p>\n \u201cPolice responses to emergency situations such as these do need later reflection in the right forums, but I accept that social media is not the appropriate channel for doing so.<\/p>\n \u201cI have invited Mark Rowley to meet with me to discuss the police response and the wider issues raised in his letter.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes after Sir Mark wrote a public letter to Mr Polanski <\/a>saying he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the repost, which he labelled \u201cinaccurate\u201d and \u201cmisinformed\u201d.<\/p>\n He said it had a \u201ccasual disregard for the incredibly challenging and dangerous work police officers do to protect the public\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is entirely possible the author of the post you retweeted had direct experience from the scene, or has years of experience handling complex, violent situation[s],\u201d he said in a public statement to Mr Polanski.<\/p>\n \u201cYet I suspect the more likely scenario is that they [are] another armchair critic, who thinks they could do the job, possibly more effectively than the brave officers who successfully detained that individual.\u201d<\/p>\n Screengrab from body worn camera issued by Metropolitan Police of police officers confronting and arresting a 45-year-old man after two people were stabbed in Golders Green (PA)<\/p>\n Met Police published footage of the arrest on their social media channels on Wednesday. Two officers approach the suspect, who appears to be carrying a weapon, before tasering him.<\/p>\n The suspect then falls, as one officer moves to remove what appears to be a knife from his hand.<\/p>\n During the struggle, the officer is seen kicking at the weapon while a member of the public steps in to assist.<\/p>\n At the same time, the second officer can be heard shouting \u201cdrop the knife, drop the f***ing knife\u201d.<\/p>\n The weapon is then removed and the man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.<\/p>\n Mr Rowley has said officers thought the suspect could have an explosive device.<\/a><\/p>\n On his decision to write a letter to the leader of the Green Party, Sir Mark said: “I’m not intervening in politics. He was intervening in operational policing.\u201d<\/p>\n On Friday, the Met chief doubled down on his criticism of Mr Polanski, telling Times Radio his officers \u201cwere frightened and they were acting according to that\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI need officers to feel they’ve got public confidence when they’re doing things like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Hatred, arson, stabbings – can London turn tide on the surge in vile antisemitism?<\/a><\/p>\n Polanski apologises for sharing post about Golders Green police officers<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Screengrab](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cabe0d613708abaefdacbf91009d6ea0.jpeg\"\/)
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