Violence not fraud is our priority, says Met Deputy Commissioner

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Violence not fraud is our priority, says Met Deputy Commissioner

"We have to deal with violence firstfraud is not top of our list", says Metropolitan Deputy Commissioner Stephen House.

Stephen House, Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Date - 10th January 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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“Precious few” new officers will be assigned to tackling cyber fraud Deputy Commissioner Stephen House has told the London Assembly due to the fact that the Met's top priority is tacking violence. He said: “We have...

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