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| Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says police need to improve training | Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says police need to improve training |
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| The Metropolitan Police commissioner has called for more rigorous training of police officers with a "significant fail rate". | The Metropolitan Police commissioner has called for more rigorous training of police officers with a "significant fail rate". |
| Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said without an increase in standards people would regard police training as a process akin to a "sheep dip". | Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said without an increase in standards people would regard police training as a process akin to a "sheep dip". |
| He was addressing a conference on police standards organised by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. | He was addressing a conference on police standards organised by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. |
| He also called for 10% of senior officers to be recruited from outside. | He also called for 10% of senior officers to be recruited from outside. |
| Sir Bernard said: "The time has come to consider and implement lateral entry." | Sir Bernard said: "The time has come to consider and implement lateral entry." |
| He also said the police service needed to develop a body of academic research of policing and promised that the Met would part-fund some university posts. | He also said the police service needed to develop a body of academic research of policing and promised that the Met would part-fund some university posts. |
| Former rail regulator Tom Winsor, who was appointed Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales despite criticism by the Police Federation, later gave evidence to the committee. | |
| Mr Winsor wrote a controversial report into changing police pay and conditions last year. | Mr Winsor wrote a controversial report into changing police pay and conditions last year. |
| The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw tweeted that Tom Winsor said: "Culture of policing affected very significantly by senior police officers." | |
| Our correspondent tweeted: "(Mr Winsor said) police leadership completely different from military or private firms. Direct entry can 'change face' of Br(itish) policing for better." |