SOC teams have stopped asking for specialist support due to vacancies

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London region inspection finds that Trident officers have stopped asking for help and economic crime teams are being drawn into high risk missing person inquiries.

Date - 19th May 2023
By - Gary Mason

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The Met’s specialist crime command is operating with 300 vacancies and teams investigating serious organised crime lack analyst and financial investigator support according to an HMICFRS inspection of SOC capability in the London...

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