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Armed police in London will soon be wearing body cameras when they [respond / response] to incidents. This is to ensure [greater / bigger] transparency and reduce [speculative / speculation] when police shoot people. The move came in response to the [fatally / fatal] shooting of a 29-year-old Londoner in North London in 2011. London police [stated / started] that its officers were [attempting / tempted] to arrest the man on [suspicion / suspect] of planning an attack, and that he was in possession of a handgun. The killing led to widespread [crashes / clashes] with the police and escalated [onto / into] riots across London and other cities. The man's family and friends campaigned for years claiming he was unlawfully killed. A public [inquiry / inquired] decided on January the 8th that the killing was lawful.

London's senior police officials hope the body cameras will provide greater clarity and [prove / proof] surrounding any future shootings. The head of the police pointed [up / out] that it was relatively [rarely / rare] for London police officers to [open / close] fire. Regular police officers patrolling the streets do not carry guns, [unlike / unlikely] police in many cities around the world. Between 2010 and 2012, there were 12,721 times [which / when] armed police responded [of / to] incidents. Shots were fired on just four occasions. Neil Basu, head of the police's specialist firearms [unity / unit] , said: "These are professional officers who want to be believed and want the public to [trust / trustworthy] them. If wearing body cameras is what it [takes / makes] , then that is what they will do."