The Metropolitan Police is being “monitored” over its recent performance, the independent inspectorate has confirmed.

In a statement, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) said the move was to help support the Met Police to make “improvements”.

“We can confirm that we are now monitoring the Metropolitan Police Service through our Engage process, which provides additional scrutiny and support to help it make improvements,” they added.

The HMICFRS outlined the two stages of its monitoring process, starting with the “scanning” phase – which “uses data and information from a range of sources to highlight poor or deteriorating performance and identify potential areas of concern”.

They add that if a force is “not responding to a cause of concern”, or if it is “not succeeding in managing, mitigating or eradicating the cause of concern”, then it will likely be moved to the “Engage” phase.

Here forces will develop an “improvement plan” to address concerns.

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