The Met is blighted by “unacceptable” failings in the way that it tackles corruption within its ranks and has recruited more than 100 officers who have committed offences in the past two years alone, a report by the police watchdog has warned.
The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services said that there were “fundamental flaws” in Scotland Yard’s anti-corruption safeguards and that it had also recently hired people with criminal connections and failed to supervise them to minimise risks.
