Current Affairs Met Police

PhilM · February 11, 2025

BlueInNZ said:
Met Police officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the force has been left in a "hopeless position".

www.bbc.com

Oh dear. Some shocking reading there. I guess at least the top cat is trying to do something about it but still, so many rotten apples.

I suspect there's a lot more to this than the article suggests: if he was found to have no case to answer in respect of misconduct allegations, why fail vetting?

tsubaki · February 11, 2025

PhilM said:
I suspect there's a lot more to this than the article suggests: if he was found to have no case to answer in respect of misconduct allegations, why fail vetting?

There is - for anyone interested, the judgement is here: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Di-Maria-v-Met-Police-and-others.pdf

Rita_Poon · February 11, 2025

Sir Mark Rowley: Cancer at Met Police still needs cutting out

Sir Mark Rowley is clear about the reforms the Met Police needs, a year on from taking its top job.

www.bbc.co.uk

This new power may feel like something of a victory for Sir Mark, who has long been calling for sackings to be made easier to carry out. He has said there are hundreds of officers in the force who "shouldn't be there" and are either suspended or on restricted duties because he lacks the power to get rid of them.

The vetting scheme sacking possibility was a means to cut some of the scum adrift. Today the scum pigs win again. Shows he's trying to clean house though, which is a plus. Better torching it and starting over, but that's a billion pound job, and faces the same problem of recruiting the criminals all over again.