...and if this wretched prune-faced little ballsack had got his way, each episode would only need to be 10 minutes long.
Sir Mark said the force now did not have any mechanism to get rid of officers who were not fit to keep their vetted status, including officers who "cannot be trusted to work with women" or "enter the homes of vulnerable people".
Really? No, Reader. What this little weasel was attempting to do was swerve employment law.
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey"
However, Mrs Justice Lang said the dismissal process which had been used by the Met was unlawful as those suspected of wrongdoing were denied an opportunity to defend themselves.
Specifically, instead of - when an allegation is made - going to the trouble of investigating and charging the officer, he wanted to yank their vetting and say 'Well, now they can't work, so we'll sack them!'
No need to get Kate Fleming mic'd up to go undercover any more. Steve Arnott won't even get time to wink at a likely new conquest before it's all wrapped up extrajudicially and they're all in the pub.
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".
"The Metropolitan Police must recognise the law and - it goes without saying - operate within it. That's what today's ruling clearly emphasises," it said in a statement.
Well, indeed! Now we're sucking diesel.
2 comments:
This Commissioner is an idiot. He got the job because he told police-hating Khan that he would sack 200 corrupt officers. He can't do that so he's using vetting as a back-door way of doing it. Sacked over an allegation, rumour or innuendo is no way to run an organisation. It reminds me of Soviet Russia in the 50's with people reporting their neighbours they didn't like. He needs firm evidence to sack officers and I'm glad he's been slapped down.
Read misconduct notices and see what most officers get dismissed for-whats-app messages, drink-drive, fare evasion, harassment, and domestics are the most common offences. Where are the really corrupt officers? Drug-dealing, planting evidence, tipping off criminals, beating up prisoners? Taking bribes? That's real corruption but I can't remember the last time a Met PC got sacked for those things,
Jaded
If he'll cut corners like this for this reason, perhaps ALL his decisions since taking up the role should be questioned.
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