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Heat on Met Police chief 12 months into the job

Heat on Met Police chief 12 months into the job

Sir Mark Rowley’s first year assessed

The Standard · Rachelle Abbott

September 12, 202313m 13s

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Show Notes

Sir Mark Rowley: still ‘hundreds’ of Met officers who should’ve been sacked. London crime stats for the past 12 months revealed. Why the Daniel Khalife re-arrest showed ‘what the Met Police can do’. Our Home Affairs Editor Martin Bentham and our Crime Correspondent Anthony France discuss the Met Police Chief’s first twelve months as commissioner, and look ahead to what he’ll have to deal with next. In this episode:


  • ‘No sign’ of government officials losing confidence in Sir Mark
  • How the Met Police will be used as a ‘political football’ ahead of the general election
  • The Met Chief’s priorities for the next year
  • How crime figures stack up over the last 12 months
  • Sir Mark’s mission to ‘cut the cancer’ of rogue officers out of the force


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