Met Police recruits hired without face-to-face interviews despite concerns over rogue cops
Applicants are still being accepted using mostly online assessments after in-person interviews were abandoned as an emergency measure during the pandemic.
However, the Met does not have the same requirements and instead gets recruits to complete an application through the national online assessment centre. Addressing the scandals the force has faced Mr Philp said: "We’ve asked the college of policing to bring forward new vetting guidelines, which they’ll be doing by next month.
Matt Parr, the inspector who wrote the report, told The Times he was concerned about "anonymised, not very detailed, box ticking" recruitment exercises.
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