A new report from His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has highlighted deficiencies in the Metropolitan Police's handling of missing children. While acknowledging positive strides in addressing child sexual and criminal exploitation, the report emphasizes critical failures in response times and risk assessments for missing children. Specific issues included a lack of action taken in urgent cases, particularly for children in care, and the use of victim-blaming language. The Met has made improvements in investigative techniques, but the report urges ongoing efforts to enhance their safeguarding measures and responsiveness to child exploitation cases.
The Metropolitan Police must enhance their efforts in locating missing children, a report has revealed, highlighting insufficient action in urgent cases and poor risk assessments.
Although the Met has shown 'positive progress' in addressing issues of child exploitation, significant room for improvement exists in their response to missing children cases.
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