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Police vetting improves but not all forces show acceptable progress – review

Inspectors examined 300 vetting files that forces handled between December 1 2022 and January 31 2023.

The Independent UK

Police still making dreadful recruitment moves, watchdog warns

Inspectors uncover new ‘you cannot be serious, you are really letting that person in?’ cases of unsuitable people being recruited to the police

Evening Standard

Met police could be failing to identify serial killers, watchdog says

Inspector of constabulary warns force is failing to investigate unexpected deaths after Stephen Port report

The Guardian - UK

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‘History could repeat itself’: Met police has not learned from failures in Stephen Port case, warns watchdog

‘Our inspection has shown that history could repeat itself. That is why the Met must learn from its mistakes and act now on our recommendations, to keep all Londoners safe’

Evening Standard

Met ‘has not learned from failures in Stephen Port case’ – watchdog

Serial killer Port drugged his victims with overdoses of GHB and dumped their bodies near his flat in 2014 and 2015.

The Independent UK

David Carrick’s mother says rapist exaggerated his difficult childhood to try to reduce his sentence

The mother of the rapist Metropolitan police officer David Carrick said she thinks he exaggerated his difficult childhood to try “to get his sentence reduced”.

Evening Standard

Hundreds of UK officers should never have been appointed, says police watchdog

HM inspector of constabulary Matt Parr says entrants include those with links to criminality, and misogynists

The Guardian - UK

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Hundreds of 'red flag' people who should be banned have joined police, says HMIC

He said one in 10 of the officers his team looked at should never have made it through vetting

Wales Online

Hundreds have joined police who should not have been allowed – inspector

HM Inspector of Constabulary Matt Parr said many officers had failed to declare ‘big red flags’.

The Independent UK

One in 10 cops should not have got through the vetting stage, police watchdog says

Inspector of Constabulary Matt Parr said this morning that this is a 'problem that is widespread' and 'historic'

Daily Mirror

London Fire Brigade put into special measures by watchdog

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services said LFB will now face an ‘enhanced level of monitoring’ by inspectors.

The Independent UK

Police overwhelmed by digital forensics as 25,000 devices await checks – report

Inspectors examined how effective the police are at capturing evidence from digital devices, including smartphones and computers.

The Independent UK

PM urges change in police culture after vetting failures laid bare

A watchdog has found that hundreds if not thousands of corrupt officers could be serving in forces in England and Wales.

The Independent UK

Report reveals scale of police misconduct across England, Wales

Poor vetting leads to abuse, says report, as watchdog cites cases where officers have raped children.

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Daily Mirror

5 police report bombshells - from hiring domestic abusers to 'staring at copper's breasts'

A police watchdog report said it uncovered too many cases where people, including those with criminal records or links to organised crime, should not have been allowed to join the police

Evening Standard

More than 100 accused Met Police officers are still on duty

Officers under investigation for domestic abuse claims are working as normal

Manchester Evening News

'Thousands' of corrupt officers may be serving in police due to vetting failures, watchdog says

Greater Manchester Police was not scrutinised in the inspection

Wales Online

'Thousands' of potentially corrupt police officers due to recruitment vetting failings, says watchdog

In an excoriating report, police inspectorate says lax procedures have allowed people with criminal records and links to organised crime to join UK forces

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The Independent UK

‘Thousands’ of corrupt and ‘predatory’ officers recruited as police after vetting failures, damning report warns

‘We are close to a tipping point in policing,’ the chief inspector of constabulary warns

The Guardian - UK

Police vetting failures have allowed ‘predatory’ officers to join up, watchdog finds

Inspectorate for England and Wales says potentially thousands officers cleared who should have failed checks

Daily Mirror

Thousands of bent cops on UK streets as watchdog finds culture of sexism and poor vetting

Inspector of constabulary Matt Parr says the number of questionable recruits into the police force over the last several years is "certainly in the hundreds, if not low thousands"

The Independent UK

Vetting failings could mean ‘thousands’ of corrupt officers in police – OLD

The inspection was commissioned after the murder of Sarah Everard by serving officer Wayne Couzens.

Manchester Evening News

Watchdog raises 'serious concerns' after finding Met Police 'failing' in several areas

The warning comes just days after Sir Mark Rowley became the new Commissioner

The Guardian - UK

‘Overworked’ Met supervisors missing wrongdoing, says watchdog

Tens of thousands of crimes being missed and emergency callers waiting too long for help

The Independent UK

Watchdog raises ‘serious concerns’ over Met Police performance

HMICFRS has said the force must make urgent improvements.

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