Met Police to target dangerous men using data, says chief
As part of his mission to modernise policing, Sir Mark said the force's recruitment and pay systems must also be improved to attract officers with "core traditional skills" who also specialise in areas like cyber security and fraud.The public outcry over the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, along with a series of cases of misogyny within the Metropolitan police, has put the force under pressure to take tougher action on male violence against women and girls.
Will it work? Could it stop men like Jordan McSweeney, who murdered Zara Aleena? He had a string of previous convictions for offences such as assault on a young woman, as well as a restraining order - but police said he didn't fit the normal profile for someone later labelled "a danger to any woman."
London's mayor Sadiq Khan responded to the plans on Twitter, saying: "Sir Mark is right - the Met must change for our communities and for our officers and for our staff who serve them.
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