Police using ‘Al Capone’ approach in biggest-ever standards clean-up

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Britain’s biggest police force has removed more than 1,400 officers and staff from its ranks in three years as it adopts an “Al Capone” approach to uncover wrongdoing.

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00:00This major shake-up of the Metropolitan Police has been criticised by the Metropolitan Police Federation,

00:11who said officers were being, quote-unquote, punched, kicked, spat at, driven at and stabbed,

00:18and deserve the backing of their chief officers.

00:23In reference to this so-called Al Capone approach being taken by London's police force, the association added that

00:32comparing colleagues to American gangsters made the work of officers in the capital harder.

00:40The clearance was initially sparked in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer

00:50and is the largest in the force's history.

00:53Figures show that 1,442 staff officers were sacked or resigned or retired between 2022 and June of this year.

01:03Investigators are examining the number of grievances lodged against different squads,

01:10along with data including the number of sick days taken and whether the amount of overtime is justified.

01:20As we've been reporting earlier this month, nine officers based at Charing Cross Station

01:28were suspended amid investigation into excessive use of force and another two removed from frontline duty.

01:36The entire custody team at that police station is being disbanded as the police inquiry continues.

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