A lot of this stuff seems damning of the Met police / but I think you have to try and look at this without letting hindsight cloud your judgment.
They endured huge cuts in recent years, and it’s just not possible for them to attend to every reported incident. I would feel bad if those two officers are made scapegoats because they wouldn’t be behaving unusually, imo.
Hopefully one good thing that comes from this terrible situation is that IE may be recognised as a gateway crime and bumped up the list of priorities.
Totally agree with you. Hopefully the outcome of all the findings will be that more funding is needed to investigate crimes of this nature. There needs to be more of a deterrent because I believe that's why many perps escalate, they usually go unnoticed for lesser ( not for the victim) crimes and become more confident yo escalate. Jmo