I’ll be ruthless and use sting ops to weed out the Met rogues, vows Rowley

Martin Bentham, Anthony France

STING operations and other “ruthless” tactics will be used to sack hundreds of rogue officers, the Met Commissioner vowed today after a damning report found that racists, misogynists and sex offenders have been allowed to stay in his force.

Sir Mark Rowley said the scale of misconduct by officers uncovered in Baroness Casey’s report was “appalling” and brought a “tear to your eye” as he promised action to restore integrity.

He said that new measures would include surveillance and sting operations against officers normally used to tackle organised criminals. He added that officers in leadership positions would also be deemed as “guilty as the offender” if they adopted a “walk by” attitude and ignored discrimination and bigotry by those in their charge.

Sir Mark’s pledge today follows the publication of Baroness Casey’s interim report into the Met’s failing internal disciplinary process.