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Boris’s water cannon remain unsold three months after being put on the market

February 27, 2017 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

Bought in 2014 from the German federal police, the vehicles have never been used because Theresa May, who was Home Secretary at the time, declined to license them citing safety concerns.

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Met spent £1,000 fitting a CD player to Boris’s unused water cannon

December 14, 2016 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

Mr Johnson and policing deputy Stephen Greenhalgh paid the German federal police almost £200,000 for the vehicles which were already approaching the end of their working life and before asking whether ministers would approve their deployment.

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Deputy Met Commissioner: No plans to buy working water cannon and officers may have to use baton rounds instead

July 21, 2015 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

London’s policing watchdog has been told there are no plans to buy new, fully working water cannon following Home Secretary Theresa May’s decision to block the use of three ageing German vehicles.

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Ignore the spin, Boris is keeping his water cannon because they’re unsellable scrap

July 15, 2015 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

Boris is forced to keep the cannon because the chances of finding someone to buy them at a price which lets City Hall and the Met cover their costs are pretty much close to nil.

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Home Secretary rejects Boris and Met’s water cannon plans

July 15, 2015 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

In June 2014 the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime decided to buy three cannon from the German federal police before receiving Home Secretary Theresa May permission to deploy them.

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