article_snippet: Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe admitted that ‘with the benefit of hindsight’ officers should have communicated directly with the families.
article_snippet: But Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said parents had a responsibility to come forward if parents teenagers betrayed any interest in extremist ideology.
highlights_snippet: Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe admitted police should have spoken to parents .
  