The UK's Met Police is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic, a damning review has found
BRITAIN’S BIGGEST POLICE force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic, a damning review has found.
Asked if there could be more officers like Couzens and Carrick in the force, she said: “I cannot sufficiently assure you that that is not the case.” Casey’s finding that the force is institutionally racist echoes that of the Macpherson Inquiry in 1999, which took place after Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the abject failures in how the Met investigated his death.The Met was also accused of homophobia over the failure to stop serial killer Stephen Port after he took the life of his first victim and went on to murder three more men, but force bosses denied there was an issue.
Casey called for the Met to “change itself”, adding: “It is not our job as the public to keep ourselves safe from the police. It is the police’s job to keep us safe as the public.She pointed out that Carrick was only caught after one of his victims heard a statement made by Everard’s devastated mother and was moved to contact Hertfordshire Police, rather than as a result of any action by the Met.
Scandals The force has lurched from scandal to scandal in recent years, including Everard’s murder by serving officer Couzens and Carrick being unmasked as one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders.Officers are relying on “over-stuffed, dilapidated or broken fridges and freezers” instead of fast-track forensic services, the report also said.
“Those investigating domestic abuse are also under considerable pressures, with unmanageable caseloads and poor support for victims.The review said Londoners had been “put last” with the loss of police commands for each borough, and that the English capital “no longer has a functioning neighbourhood policing service” in the wake of the changes.
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