PCC says vetting departments are 'massively overwhelmed'

Festus Akinbusoye has told the Home Affairs select committee that the resources required to vet the new Uplift officers is 'presenting some challenges' with the re-vetting of those already in post.

HMICFRS' recent assessment that it is "too easy for the wrong people to both join and stay in the police" has shone a spotlight on the service's vetting process, which the APCC Prevention Lead has admitted is burdened by the...