article_snippet: a senior police union leader says officers in London are bemused why officers in London are working round-the-clock fighting the threat from Islamic State-inspired jihadists and solve at least 14 murders since Christmas while the Operation Grange detectives are barred from helping.
article_snippet: Metropolitan Police Federation chairman John Tully said: ‘It is time to re-focus on what we need to do to keep London safe.
article_snippet: we no longer have the resources to conduct specialist inquiries all over the world which have nothing to do with London.
article_snippet: The Met has long been seen as the last resort for investigations others have struggled with elsewhere.
article_snippet: It is surprising to see an inquiry like the McCann investigation ring-fenced.
article_snippet: I have heard a few rumblings of discontent about it from lots of sources.
article_snippet: When the force is facing a spike in murder investigations it is not surprising there is resentment of significant resources diverted to a case that has no apparent connection with London.
article_snippet: ‘ring-fenced’ the inquiry to prevent officers working on other case, even though the force has been forced to make £600million in cuts over four years.