Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP) is a branch of the Protection Command within the Specialist Operations directorate of London's Metropolitan Police Service.
PaDP officers guarding the main gates at Downing Street in London
Two PaDP officers outside the Palace of Westminster in 2016
An armed officer on duty near the entrance to Downing Street
Murder of Sarah Everard
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On the evening of 3 March 2021, 33-year-old Sarah Everard was kidnapped in South London, England, as she was walking home to the Brixton Hill area from a friend's house near Clapham Common. She was stopped by off-duty Metropolitan Police constable Wayne Couzens, who identified himself as a police officer, handcuffed her, and placed her in his car before transporting Everard to Dover. Couzens subsequently raped and strangled Everard, before burning her body and disposing of her remains in a pond in nearby woodland.
Flowers were laid at a vigil for Everard in Sheffield.