Police have apologised in person to a church congregation for disrupting a memorial service earlier this month.
West Yorkshire Police said they were attempting to arrest a man “wanted on recall to prison” when they disrupted the service, which was being held for a “longstanding member of the congregation”, at the New Testament Church of God in Leeds on 13 November.
Bishop Tony Parry said it was “intolerable” that hundreds of people, many from the city’s Afro-Caribbean community and including several children, were “thanking God for the life of their beloved sister” when police entered the building.
Ch Supt Steve Dodds said: “I’m here today to offer a sincere and unreserved apology.”