1,000 Met Police officers suspended or on restricted duties
The Met Police have said more than 1,000 Metropolitan Police officers are currently suspended or on restricted duties as the force attempts to root out rogue cops.
The Met has come under serious criticism over the past few years following convictions of former cops David Carrick, a serial rapist and Wayne Couzens, a Met cop who kidnapped, raped and murdered a woman walking home.
So far the number of cops affected by the crackdown was almost the size of a small police force, with one in 34 suspended or restricted, according to Stuart Cundy, the Met’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner.
He warned it could take years to root out all of the Met’s corrupt officers.
The Met is Britain’s largest force and employs 34,000 officers. The figures also showed:
- In the past year 100 officers have been sacked for gross misconduct – up by 66% on the normal rate
- The 201 officers currently suspended represents a rise from 69 in September 2022
- 275 are awaiting a gross misconduct hearing, a significant proportion of which involved alleged violence against women and girls, compared to 136 last year
- The number of reports from the public and officers of alleged misconduct has doubled
Some 450 are also being investigated for historic allegations of sexual or domestic violence, the force said.