Sadiq Khan must tell the Met to abandon DEI targets and get police officers back to fighting crime

“Sadiq Khan must tell the Met to abandon DEI targets and get police officers back to fighting crime”

The Mayor and Met have finally decided to address the biggest problem facing policing in London. It’s not a rising murder rate, out-of-control phone thefts or sky-high rates of shoplifting. Nor is it the falling officer numbers, huge budget gap or the impact of the next round of policing cuts. Instead, they are laser-focused on the need to push forward with a new diversity and inclusion strategy. Putting aside the poor prioritisation, writing an inclusion strategy for the Met’s workforce should…