Huge failings kept hundreds of corrupt officers in the force, admits Met chief

The current Metropolitan police commissioner, Mark Rowley, said: ‘I can only apologise unreservedly to the officers and members of the public who have been let down.’ Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Metropolitan police officers suspected of serious criminal offences including sexual assault and domestic abuse have been allowed to escape justice, a damning review has found, with the force’s leader admitting that hundreds of racist, women-hating and corrupt officers have been left in the ranks.

Massive failings in how Britain’s biggest force roots out wrongdoing were exposed in a report by Louise Casey, which found “systemic” racism in the Met, and misogyny.