Reform of the Met will be “more limited” and slower than it should be because of a huge budget shortfall and officer shortages compounded by the demands of policing the Gaza protests and other major events, Sir Mark Rowley warned on Tuesday.
The Met Commissioner said other problems included a huge number of crimes of violence against women and girls that was beyond the capacity of police and the justice system to deal with, as well as “high volume” offences such as robbery, burglary and theft that were also outstripping his force’s resources.
