Recurring concern
Failure of police post-incident performance learning and remediation
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Request correctionFirst reported 27 Nov 2020•Latest report 29 Sep 2025
What this concern includes
Includes failures in police post-incident performance learning and remediation, including thresholds that prevent reflective practice, absent or inadequate individual or organisational review, and failure to implement remediation for identified performance failings.
Not included
- Excludes generic organisational learning or incident-investigation failures that are not specifically tied to police post-incident performance review, reflection or remediation.
- Excludes clinical, education, care, transport and other non-police learning processes unless the assertion explicitly concerns the police post-incident performance-learning process.
- Excludes routine training or professional-development deficiencies where no post-incident performance failing or safety-related learning need is identified.
- Excludes failures in the underlying police operational response when no deficiency in post-incident review, reflection or remediation is asserted.
- Reports
- 6
- Individual concerns
- 6
- Date range
- 2020–2025
- Stated actions
- 3
Distinct published reports
A report can raise multiple concerns
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Described in published responses
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to reflect on or remediate identified performance failings
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Position
The DPS review was appropriate and went as far as expected because it identified no conduct, performance or organisational learning.
Stated by Metropolitan Police Service
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Concerns raised1
Threshold for reflective practice set too high
This report raised 24 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Position
The MPS cannot unilaterally lower the Reflective Practice Review Process threshold because it is subject to statutory guidance.
Stated by Metropolitan Police Service
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Concerns raised1
Lack of organisational learning and procedural change after a serious incident
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Action
Circulate a force-wide bulletin highlighting learning from the incident.
Stated by British Transport Police
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Concerns raised1
Failure to identify and address officer training or attitudinal deficits through supervision
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Action
Implement the Reflective Practice Review Process for the officer, including reflection on the missed apology and identification of any additional training needs.
Stated by Metropolitan Police Service
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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Position
The conduct did not meet the threshold for disciplinary proceedings, so no disciplinary action was pursued.
Stated by Metropolitan Police Service
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Position
A further investigation was unnecessary because existing body-worn video and inquest evidence established the officer’s behaviour, while reflective practice provided appropriate intervention.
Stated by Independent Office for Police Conduct
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Concerns raised1
Failure of post-incident performance review and organisational learning processes
This report raised 5 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to learn from incidents and change practice
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Action
Improve officers’ sharing of vital incident information with colleagues, ambulance crews and medical staff.
Stated by Metropolitan Police Service
Data last updated 7 September 2026