Met under ‘considerable pressure’ over its vetting processes
The Met has reviewed vetting standards and practices after analysis showed that vetting refusal rates in the Met had declined between 2020 and 2022, and following several high-profile misconduct and criminal cases involving Met officers.1
The final report from this review, known as Operation Jorica, was published on 8 January 2026. It concluded that the Met was “under considerable pressure to achieve resourcing and representative workforce ambitions, both immediately prior to and during the period of the Police Uplift Programme.”2 This had “adverse consequences” for the Met’s recruitment standards.
The review also concluded that during the review period (the ten years leading up to April 2023), the Met deviated from the Authorised Professional Practice in the vetting of prospective officers and staff, as well as renewals of existing employees.3
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will hold a question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime on Operation Jorica, as well as looking into homicide figures in London and electrifying the Met’s vehicle fleet.
The guests are:
- Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Amana Humayun, Chief Financial Officer, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 28 January 2026 from 10am in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
Notes to editors
- Metropolitan Police, Met continues drive to raise standards following historical vetting review, 8 January 2026, 8 January 2026
- Metropolitan Police, Historic Vetting and Hiring Practices Review: Final Report, January 2026, p. 9
- Metropolitan Police, Historic Vetting and Hiring Practices Review: Final Report, January 2026, p. 10
- Marina Ahmad AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Police and Crime Committee.
- Read the agenda in full.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more information, please contact Tony Smyth in the Assembly Media Office on 07763 251727 or [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.