HN1742 Anthony Speed

Anthony 'Tony' Speed joined the Metropolitan Police in 1957. His written statement to the Inquiry on 10 August 2022 outlined that much of his career from 1970 to 1999 was spent in the Metropolitan Police's public order unit- 'A8'.  Speed, as a public order officer, was involved in many significant public order incidents in London between the early 1970s and late 1990s. These included being involved in the 'Red Lion Square' Inquiry (1974), the Battle of Lewisham (1977) and the Brixton Riots (1981). Speed said he was not aware of the existence of the SDS in his written evidence, though he gave an account of how the Special Branch provided information to A8. Speed retired in 1999 at the rank of Assistant Commissioner. First Witness Statement of Anthony Speed (retired police officer), given in the UCPI, Tranche 1, Phase 3, Module 2b, Module 2c, 20 Feb 2023.View Document