#professional-standards

#professional-standards

A Professional Standards Department report, obtained by the BBC, found failures in how Hertfordshire Police handled the case, including the decision to treat Gough's passing as a sudden death rather than investigating it as criminal blackmail, despite links to other cases of suspected blackmail involving victims targeted on Grindr. According to the BBC, there were multiple cases of suspected blackmail via Grindr in Gough's local area. At least four were linked to the same group of people, who are still at large.

However, it is feared hundreds were wrongly hired with substandard or no vetting carried out, including many during the Conservative government's so-called uplift recruitment drive, The Guardian reports. The alleged recruitment predates the tenure of Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (PA) The Met is now carrying out an internal review into vetting and hiring practices between 2016 and April 2023, the force has confirmed.

'Each citation, each argument, each procedural decision is a mark upon the clay, an indelible impression that may one day be studied, critiqued, or serve as a cautionary tale.'

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Trainee Detective Constable Max Gilliver was dismissed on June 5 after a hearing found his actions had amounted to gross misconduct.