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Met wants 'sub-standard' senior officers to leave

Earlier this week, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wrote to officers between chief inspector and chief superintendent, proposing voluntary exit payments as an 'exit route' for underperforming senior staff co-signed by Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes.
On Friday an independent review concluded the Met had a structural problem with `systematic racism`, finding racial harm was `maintained through a repeated institutional sequence` across its systems and leadership.
Performance processes now feature development centres and sharper assessments of capability, and the Met is in talks with the Home Office on compulsory retirement powers to support a healthier churn.
The Met Police Federation called the proposal `a thinly veiled threat`, while Matt Cane said he will write to Sir Mark Rowley and argued members `deserve support and respect, not threats`.
The clearout is the largest in the Met's history and followed the Sarah Everard case, with figures showing 1,442 staff and officers were sacked, resigned, or retired between 2022 and June 2025.

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