PEEL Force Inspection
PEEL 2018-19 CoC Recommendations: Metropolitan Police Service
Cause of Concern recommendations tracked by HMICFRS for Metropolitan Police Service (2018-19)
5
Recommendations
4
Completed
Applicable Forces
Metropolitan Police Service
Recommendations (5)
| # | Recommendation | Directed at | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Cause of concern: The Metropolitan Police Service is failing to effectively manage the risk posed by medium and low-risk registered sex offenders in line with approved practice. Recommendation: The force should ensure that frontline staff are aware of the registered sex offenders in their area, so that they can play a part in monitoring and managing them. | Metropolitan Police Service | Completed |
| T2 | Cause of concern: The size of the vetting backlog within the Metropolitan Police Service is a cause of concern. Recommendation: The force should monitor its vetting decisions to identify disparities and disproportionality (e.g. BAME groups), and act to reduce them where appropriate. | Metropolitan Police Service | Completed |
| T3 | Cause of concern: The size of the vetting backlog within the Metropolitan Police Service is a cause of concern. Recommendation: The force should undertake work to ensure it fully understands the vetting status of staff where their current vetting status is currently unknown and vet staff who do not have current vetting. It should ensure that it has appropriate central governance over the number of staff who require enhanced vetting and re-vetting. | Metropolitan Police Service | Completed |
| T4 | Cause of concern: The Metropolitan Police Service is failing to effectively manage the risk posed by medium and low-risk registered sex offenders in line with approved practice. Recommendation: The force takes immediate steps to increase the number of officers and staff within offender management so that they can manage medium and low-risk offenders in line with authorised professional practice. | Metropolitan Police Service | Completed |
| T5 | Cause of concern: The size of the vetting backlog within the Metropolitan Police Service is a cause of concern. Recommendation: Within 12 months the force should ensure all staff have received at least the lowest level of vetting clearance for their roles, working to clear any backlogs and new vetting renewals when they become due, to ensure it is fully compliant with the national vetting guidelines. | Metropolitan Police Service | Superseded |