On 5 September 2022, Blake, a firearms officer, shot dead 24-year-old Chris Kaba in Streatham, south London, after Kaba tried to ram past assembled police cars. In April 2025, the IOPC decided that it would also investigate Blake under police misconduct proceedings. These changes did not apply retrospectively, but the IOPC decided to use its discretionary powers to finally clear Blake of wrongdoing. The facts around the Kaba case are important here. That didn’t seem to happen in the Kaba case.