A police officer has been charged with dangerous driving after an alleged collision with three other vehicles and a garden wall, according to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
Pc Paul Fisher faces allegations that he drove dangerously before his unmarked police vehicle was involved in a crash on Streatham Common North, in Streatham on February 2 2020, the police regulator said.
The 45-year-old is attached to the Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command and was responding to a reported terrorist attack at the time, according to the IOPC.
He is due to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court on August 22.
The IOPC said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised a charge under section 2 of the Road Traffic Act (1988) after an investigation concluded in May 2021 following a referral from the Met in February the previous year.
The CPS decided to take no further action against a second police driver whose marked vehicle was in close proximity when the collision occurred, according to the regulator.
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