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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

New Met chief boosts ‘Line of Duty’ unit to root out prejudice and corruption

Mark Rowley in 2017.
Mark Rowley in 2017. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The new Metropolitan police commissioner is recruiting scores of new investigators to root out prejudiced and corrupt officers, the Guardian has learned.

Mark Rowley starts on Monday and will launch a 100-day plan to turn Britain’s biggest force around after it became mired in repeated crises and was humiliatingly judged to be so poor it was placed into special measures by the official inspectorate.

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