Met Commissioner, Cerssida Dick, declared herself “a firm believer in bringing different people into policing at all levels.
The Met Police has received more than 2,800 applications from civilians who want to work as detectives without serving in uniform first.
In May, the force began a drive to hire people into 160 warranted investigator roles via what it calls its “detective pathway”.
More than half of those who applied were women, according to the officer in charge of the initiative.
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