Heartwarming moment Met Police officers get engaged at London Pride

Officer pops the question during Pride
Met LGBT Network

The heartwarming moment a couple of police officers got engaged at Pride has been caught on camera.

The picture was tweeted by the Met's LGBT network, following a photo of another uniformed officer proposing to his boyfriend in the audience.

Judging by the captions of the pictures, both proposals were accepted.

Around 80 met officers attended today's parade teaming up with other police forces, the LAS, and LFB.

Officer proposes to boyfriend in the middle of Pride
Met LGBT Network

The increased security presence was organised after America's largest mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando which claimed the lives of 49 people.

The LGBT Network is the Met's newest association and aims to create a more knowledgable workforce that can respond to crimes and issues affecting the LGBT community sensitively.

PC Anton Brown, the chair of the Network, added: "This is the culmination of two years' work, which started with a conversation over a coffee in Berlin at the European Gay Police Association conference in 2014.

"The Met had been lacking in a LGBT staff association for a number of years and after a lot of hard work the Network was finally launched.

"The new staff association will represent LGBT matters in the Met, promoting recruitment and delivering training to LGBT liaison officers. It will also provide access to local and national events, promote reporting and provide support to members who have suffered LGBT crimes or bullying.

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"The Network will also work with the LGBT community to signpost members of the public to support services."

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