Welcome to another week.
A damning report released on 24th November by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS), has claimed that the Metropolitan Police’s handling of child protection cases is for the most part substandard. Of the 135 cases investigated, 90% were found to have been dealt with poorly.
The report looked at cases involving domestic abuse, police powers to protect children, sex offender management, missing children, child sexual exploitation (CSE), as well as the detention of children in police custody.
Whilst some improvements were noted, the overall picture was not encouraging, with one of the most concerning cases involving a missing 15-year-old girl, who was later found at the address of a registered sex offender.
The report follows an initial investigation by HMICFRS around the same time last year, which also highlighted serious and widespread failings by Britain’s largest police force.
The Met has blamed deep budget cuts for the ongoing problems, however the latest report suggests that there is more to the failings:
Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, Matt Parr:
“Building on the previous two reports, inspectors have seen continued improvement to the Met’s governance of child protection, despite the challenges and complexity of policing in London. For this report inspectors assessed the extent this strategic intent to improve had translated into better services to protect children.
“To do this, inspectors reviewed a sample of child protection cases. This found there were still significant weaknesses in the service provided to the children of London. Whilst inspectors recognise the scale of the task the Met faces, and would not necessarily expect to see immediate improvement in all areas, there is still clearly much work to do. The force now needs to take prompt and effective action to translate the strategic commitment into improving the service to children at risk of harm.”
The report itself specifically outlines failures which have nothing to do with budget cuts. These include failures to record communications with social services during missing children episodes and wide inconsistencies in how investigations were approached.
The report also notes that police made inappropriate comments about missing children, for example officers saying “It’s what they always do” – which also highlighted a lack of understanding in relation to additional risks associated with children who repeatedly go missing.
A raft of recommendations, with set time periods in which they should be completed, were made in the first report. The latest report confirms that whilst some recommendations have been picked up within the required time frames, several are yet to be implemented, including a skills audit of officers and staff responsible for conducting safeguarding investigations. This is a hugely important action, which could be a major factor in easing ongoing difficulties in handling child protection cases.
Our question this week then, is just this: what recommendations do you have for the Met in order to improve the way it handles child protection cases?
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In my experience, criminals are parading as Police. Hence it is most important that Police whistleblowers are TRULY heard and not victimised, as I have heard personally, too!
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I believe we can or will find criminals where we focus on any single group or profession. in my experience I have seen for myself solicitors/ and barristers jump on the bandwagon when they see a quick and easy profit on what is plainly the white collar crime of fraud by another solicitor on a vulnerable victim. This makes regulation by a private enterprise organisation a potential public interest company financed by personally affected persons who have themselves been victims or targets of such criminals and writers who support victims or targets of these criminals should publish pieces to gather support to create such an enterprise. we have loads of causes of injustice groups it just needs to get itself organised. Some have made inroads on their own but what it really needs is to share and care enough to become a watchdog for personal rights with a united group with representation in every town. Then with the voice of many we can provide an independent whistle blower regulator – it needs Organisation and discipline. what do others think?
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I have been told many times by police officers who have been told by Hitler’s SS army, we have to do as we are told and not to speak out of abuse of children in care, for me this is very true due to the fact that 30 odd years ago being told that Scotland Yard were aware of Jimmy Savile and one other who is still alive, we asked why the police did nothing, the reply was because both artists raise millions of pounds for the charities and when both are dead the truth will be told, and we the police must not speak out, OH YES all goes back to the elite truth told when they die or have memory loss. I have said continually that the Governments have continued with Hitler’s SS and that the SS is an army to its self ruling the Nation from the Cradle to the Grave.
4 years ago I was defrauded of half a million pounds i produced for the police all evidence of the fraudster and the money laundering, he had also defrauded 6 million pounds from the Jewish community, the man walked out of court laughing to continue to defraud people and as he also writes wills for people he makes him self the exequatur of their wills, i know he did a deal with the CPS and the judge, so that is the police for you, so what chance as any child or the Nation got , we have the Army the Air Force the Navy and the police but most important for Governments is the army of social workers, and should a social worker be questioned of a child abuse the S/W are continually moved around so they are not available for comment, the corruption with police and social workers is and has always been a no go, we have untold adults who were abused in care and trying to speak out again a closed door, no kid is safe in this so called Great British Empire. Governments have known for years and have all evidence of the child abuse but what do they do keep putting millions of pounds aside for more talks so they get richer and let us plebs think oh yes the Governments are on our side, the only side they are on is their Bank accounts and kids used as their sex dollies.
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My Recommendations would be
1. The police need to fully look into Allegations of child abuse by social workers and establish if the parents have in fact committed any offence that would justify children being removed. if there findings return a NFA then the Police should have the authority to stop the SS removing children under their own version of the Law which is basically Punishment without Crime as stated by Ian Josephs.
2. The police need to take action against any LA who puts false information in case files and assessments claiming it came from the police when it didnt. this has to be seen as a Criminal offence and Gross Misconduct in a public office.at present the Police do not take action against Social workers lying about Police information. it causes serious damage to the parents and their chances of their children being returned. No More turning a Blind Eye please!. its time to Crack down on Wrongdoing by Local Authorities and others involved in child protection and Adoption.
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Reblogged this on Musings of a Penpusher and commented:
If those in power obeyed their consciences – always supposing they have the integrity to have a conscience – justice would best be served if they obeyed such conscience as they have. Too often whistle blowers are condemned and reviled for revealing the evils they witness.
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Reblogged this on | truthaholics and commented:
Basic competency and fitness for purpose are more damning indictments of our nanny state and the sweeping powers state actors enjoy (police and social services departments), effectively a stranglehold with it’s chilling effect on natural family human rights, and by undermining individual autonomy. In whose names is such widespread incompetence tolerated at taxpayers expense?
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with all the cutbacks we need to use technology more effectively and enough abuse has a product ready to go which is total secure !
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