Met chief says county police forces ‘failing for two decades’

Mark Rowley says the mega forces could help reform UK policing (Picture: AFP)

Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has called for the creation of 12-15 mega forces as part of ‘the first serious reform of UK policing in over 60 years’.

Writing in The Sunday Times, Sir Mark said the current system of 43 county forces had not ‘been fit for purpose for at least two decades’ and said larger forces would help utilise modern technology, while reducing ‘expensive’ governance.

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