Met to scale back action on minor tag breaches amid police officer shortages

The Metropolitan Police is piloting a risk-based approach to minor electronic-tag breaches, generally standing down from action for violations lasting under an hour unless there are risk or safeguarding concerns. The trial is expected to reduce breaches requiring police action by more than 15%.

• The pilot runs until spring and covers certain curfew breaches and tag battery failures lasting less than an hour.· 2 sources
• Police will review breach notifications and may escalate cases where there are safeguarding concerns, heightened risk or persistent offending.· 1 source
• The Met says officers handle more than 100 tag breaches a day and expects the pilot to cut breaches requiring police action by over 15%.· 2 sources