Met Police officers who fail vetting scheme may keep jobs
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the force has been left in a "hopeless position". Policing has been left in a "hopeless position", Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said, after the High Court ruled an officer accused of rape could not be dismissed because the process was fundamentally unfair.The Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents officers, backed Sgt Di Maria's judicial review and welcomed the ruling, saying it was about "ensuring a fair, but more importantly, legal process was in place".Speaking to reporters outside Scotland Yard, Sir Mark said: "We now have no mechanism to rid the Met of officers who were not fit to hold vetting - those who cannot be trusted to work with women, or those who cannot be trusted to enter the homes of vulnerable people.London's Independent Victims' Commissioner Claire Waxman said the decision was a "significant blow" to the hard work of the Met to "root out dangerous officers and restore public trust and confidence, and the consequences should concern us all".
