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

‘Overworked’ Met supervisors missing wrongdoing, says watchdog

The report warned the new commissioner, Mark Rowley, that huge efforts would be required.
The report warned the new commissioner, Mark Rowley, that huge efforts would be required. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Metropolitan police supervisors supposed to spot failing officers are so over worked training new recruits that they are missing wrongdoing, an official inspection report has found.

The report from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services reveal the deep chaos plaguing Britain’s biggest force which led to it being branded a failing force and placed in special measures in June amid fears its failings would otherwise get even worse.

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