Every Metropolitan Police officer is to be issued with a work smartphone to help crack down on misconduct and improve their access to technology, The Times has learnt.
In a first for the force, the phones will be handed out before the end of the year under an initiative by Sir Mark Rowley, the new commissioner.
Until now thousands of officers in Britain’s biggest force have often had to use their own phones to communicate with each other, conduct basic investigations and collect evidence, such as video.
Being given a phone as part of the job means that their access to technology should be vastly improved and they can be better connected to the Met’s internal systems.
However, sources said the move had the dual
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