The force has referred itself to the police watchdog over the incident.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has apologised to Bianca Williams after the Great Britain sprinter and her partner were handcuffed during a stop and search.
Dame Cressida told MPs that two officers had spoken to Williams and Ricardo dos Santos on Tuesday evening to say sorry for the"distress" caused by the incident.Williams claimed officers racially profiled her during the incident on Saturday in Maida Vale, west London, which saw the pair being separated from their three-month-old son in the traffic stop.The Met subsequently reviewed footage of the incident, taken from multiple cameras, but said no misconduct had taken place.
But after"significant public interest" in the matter, the force referred itself to the police watchdog.
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