#vetting-failures

#vetting-failures

In another time, the exposé of an extraordinarily lax hiring process at an agency tasked with keeping the nation safe would be of bipartisan concern. After all, if ICE is going to arm agents and send them out into America's streets, it should at least know whom it's sending. Even supporters of ICE's mission should want to know that the agency is hiring effective people to carry that mission out.

"To a certain extent, it feels like it was a while ago, but of course it wasn't." "It was a monumental moment for so many officers and staff in the Met who just felt absolutely let down by the behaviour of [Wayne Couzens]," Det Supt Goodwin said. "It really felt like a big driver for change. "Of course, as we all know, there's still more to do. We've just got to do what we can do to honour Sarah's memory."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has allowed some recruits who haven't been fully vetted into its training program as it tries to boost hires. The Department of Homeland Security outfit later found out that recruits in training had either failed drug tests, had criminal histories preventing them from joining, or didn't meet physical fitness or academic criteria, one current and two former DHS officials told NBC News.