Overview

• The IOPC said it dropped gross misconduct proceedings after the Metropolitan Police disclosed over 3,500 emails and attachments that had been previously withheld.
• Rodhouse faced scrutiny over his 2016 public comments on the honesty of two witnesses in Operation Midland, a probe later criticised for procedural failures.
• Operation Midland, launched in 2014 on the basis of false claims by Carl Beech, ended in 2016 without any arrests and led to Beech’s 2019 conviction for making false allegations.
• In its statement, the IOPC found no evidence of inappropriate motivation in Rodhouse’s remarks and reported a potential crime to another force for separate investigation.
• Harvey Proctor, who was among those wrongly accused, described the decision as “appalling” and called for greater accountability within the force.