2011 England riots the maker of the BlackBerry, are reported to have contacted the police to offer help in investigating the use of their system for the organisation of riots. According to "The Independent", the costs to the Metropolitan Police of policing the disorder and disturbances in London are expected to exceed £34 million. This could be more than their total bill for the policing of all major public disorder events in the year from April 2010 to March 2011. By 15 August 2011 around 3,100 people had been arrested, of whom over 1,100 had appeared in court. On 25 August the BBC
Timeline of the 2011 England riots to refrain" from taking part in the London riots that had so far not hit the London Borough of Hounslow. The Acting Scotland Yard Commissioner Tim Godwin condemned the "gratuitous" violence by the rioters. The assistant chief constable of Norfolk police, Charlie Hall, slammed people who used Twitter and Facebook to post "fictitious and malicious rumours" that the riots had moved to many to safe, including Norwich. Looters had never struck either in Anglia Square or at PC World. The family of Mark Duggan said they "are not condoning" the riots and looting that rocked north London, that left 26