ThursdayAugust102023thetimes.co.ukNo74171Chiefconstablesareunabletosackhundredsofofficerswhoareunfittoserve,withgovernmentinactionhamperingthereformagenda,Britain’smostseniorpolicemanhasdeclared.SirMarkRowley,theMetropolitanPolicecommissioner,calledonminis-terstourgentlypushthroughlegis-lationgivingpolicechiefsdismissalpowersinsteadofindependentlawyers,whohesaidwere“fundamentallysoft”.Rowleyexpressedfrustrationovermonthsofdelaytoagovernmentre-viewofthenationaldisciplinarysystemandsaidanoverhaulofstandardsinhisownforcewasbeingheldback.HetoldTheTimesthattaxpayerswerefootingthebillfora“slowandbureaucratic”processbecauseitwasoverseenbylawyers.Morethan200...