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rosesarered Mon 05-Jun-17 10:20:56

My late FIL was in the Met.However, there wasn't the Eastern European gangs or huge numbers of foreign criminals in his day ( far harder to infiltrate.)
A lot of police leave other forces to join the Met though as it's more exciting for younger officers.

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Teetime Mon 05-Jun-17 09:16:14

Fantastic response time to the terrible events of Saturday evening.

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petra Fri 02-Jun-17 14:05:11

I think the Met are fighting a loosing battle: sad but true. Less money and police + the criminals getting better at avoiding detection = they win we loose

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tanith Fri 02-Jun-17 09:54:41

Lived in Harlesden for a while features this week but i must of walked around oblivious as I never realised how bad it had become or maybe it's recently got this bad. The police do a great job despite everything.

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Teetime Fri 02-Jun-17 09:38:59

prostitution obviously sorry for the typo

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Teetime Fri 02-Jun-17 09:38:15

Did anyone else watch the programme about the Met the other night? I was transfixed and I take my many hats off to all of them. How they do that job I will never know. They are all extremely brave.
In particular the programme focused on a senior police woman who was building a case against a horrible man for human trafficking and gaining from the proceeds of position as well as heaven knows what else. Although she was focusing on him she was trying her best to help the women involved by keeping them clear of criminal convictions and offering support. She got her man in the end- great piece of work.
Incidentally the area where they were focused Romford Road in Stratford E. London is the area where I grew up and the houses along there were large Victorian homes where the posh people lived - now it was is a string of brothels and other dives- such a shame.

I don't know how the police can possibly achieve what is expected of them with such reduced numbers and budgets. Apparently the Met is short of 600 detectives and they are now taking direct recruitment. DH's father was an Inspector in the Met during the war - bet he is turning in his grave.

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