to think, no, officers are not being taken away from tackling serious crime, they are being directed to it.

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Good that it is what is happening, but why is it being presented like this?

Serving Met Police officers have been taken away from tackling serious crime and terrorism and instead told to investigate wrongdoing in the force.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said about 90 officers had been moved away from fighting serious and organised crime to the Met's professional standards team.

Wrong doing in the police force surely IS a very serious crime?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65165279

I guess it's the name of the team, maybe? But yes, it's an odd way to phrase it.

That was what I muttered at the TV news this morning - plenty of serious crime for them to look at within their own walls.

Surely they shouldn't be investigating themselves? I mean who is going to find a fellow officer wrong

He didn't word it very well, but I think the point is that resources are being moved from units dealing with serious crime (organised drug dealing/importing gangs etc) to dealing with professional standards. Clearly he believes it's worth it or he wouldn't have made that choice. But resources are finite so other units are going to lose out.

Yes, that's what I thought too.

God forbid they be taken of theft of high value cars to investigate the rape & abuse of women by their own officers!

The MET PR team really need to put their brains in gear.

...off theft of high value cars...

My thoughts too.

Serving Met Police officers have been taken away from tackling serious crime and terrorism and instead told to investigate wrongdoing in the force.

So when members of the general public beat their wives, rape women and perpetrate racist abuse it's a crime, but when police do it it's merely 'wrongdoing' and shouldn't necessitate serious investigation. Says it all really, doesn't it?