Met Police accepting 'functionally illiterate' applicants in bid to meet diversity targets.
The number of BAME officers in the force is currently less than 17 percent, well below targets set several years ago.
Officers who are "functionally illiterate in English" are being accepted into the Metropolitan Police, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Matt Parr has warned. Mr Parr said it was right that ambitious recruitment targets were being set but added that it shouldn't be at the expense of standards, The Telegraph report. He warned that the force is at risk of "recruiting the wrong people" but said Commission Mark Rowley has made it clear he wants to “dial down the requirement to meet those targets" to ensure the right people are recruited.
