Metropolitan Police use counter-terrorism tactics to catch 100 worst sex offenders targeting women in London | UK News

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Officers began using the Cambridge Crime Damage Index to identify the 35,000 most serious offenders who had reported crimes against women.

By Reemul Bala, Reemul_B News Correspondent

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 00:45, United Kingdom

Metropolitan Police officers use counter-terrorism tactics to catch some of the worst predators targeting women on the streets of London.

Force uses the Cambridge Crime Damage Index to assess the 35,000 offenders reported each year for crimes against women and girls in an effort to rank the 100 most dangerous to the public.

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called the strategy “innovative” and described the steps as “advanced” as he tries to reform the Metropolitan Police.

Mr Rowley said: “It takes the form of organized crime or terrorism in dealing with male predatory violence.

“If we proactively go after them, and build a case against them, and get them off the streets, and protect the women and children of London, that’s an indication of something more innovative, more advanced, and how we reform the way we police London.”

Image: Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said it was a “terrorist approach to predatory male violence”

The Met came under fire after internal scandals and the officers were found guilty of various crimes including rape, assault, and even murder.

The force was described as institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic in a report by Baroness Louise Casey after a year-long investigation into the organisation.

Read more: Met to increase salaries of thousands of officers beyond the 7% announced by the prime minister.

Mr. Rowley said the Met was “getting rid of the problem” to form a “healthier organization focused on serving the public.”

He acknowledged that the road ahead for two or three years would be “bumpy” for the force but was “confident” that the organization would make it through.

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Plans for police reform, a two-year, £366m scheme called A New Met for London, is launched with visits to all 32 London boroughs.

Chiefs say there will be an increased focus on neighborhood policing in an effort to rebuild public trust.

About 240 officers out of the Met’s total workforce of approximately 34,000 will be transferred from center teams to local teams.

There are also plans to recruit 500 Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and an additional 565 people to work with teams investigating domestic violence, sexual crimes, and child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Each district will have at least one front counter open 24 hours a day under the proposals.

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