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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Stewart Carr

Met to scale back action on minor tag breaches amid police officer shortages

A Met Police officer said staff shortages were part of the issue (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Metropolitan Police is scaling back enforcement against some offenders who breach the conditions of their electronic tags, as pressures on officers continue to mount across London.

Under a pilot scheme running until the spring, Scotland Yard will not routinely take action over curfew breaches or tag battery failures lasting less than an hour, unless the offender is judged to pose a particular risk to the public.

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