Police face misconduct hearing after 90-year-old woman with dementia put in spit hood

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A 90-year-old Black woman with dementia was ‘red-dotted’ with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood

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Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and a former officer will face a gross misconduct hearing following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into an incident in south London where a 90-year-old Black woman with dementia was “red-dotted” with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood.

The IOPC said an officer responded to a disturbance at an address in Peckham on May 9 2023 after a call from the woman’s carer.