Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has said police will have to release details about suspects such as ethnicity to the public earlier, even if it may 'embolden racists'.
Yesterday, Merseyside Police released the race and ethnicity of the Liverpool ramming suspected, two hours after a car ploughed into fans watching Liverpool FC's Premier League trophy parade - leaving at least 47 injured.
Following the incident on Monday, the force quickly confirmed they had arrested a '53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area'.
However Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Rowley, said forces will more often have to release personal details about suspects earlier in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Adamant he was 'not going to criticise another police chief who makes a judgment in a really difficult, complex situation,' he added that forces would 'always want to be more transparent in terms of the data' they release.
