The Metropolitan Police is 'institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic', a damning review into the force, which was commissioned following the murder of Sarah Everard, has found.
Britain’s biggest police force was found to have failed to protect the public from officers who abuse women, such as Ms Everard's killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, who both committed their harrowing crimes while serving as officers. The chair of the inquiry, Baroness Louise Casey, said she could not be sure that they are not more officers like them currently serving in the capital's force.
The report said that organisational changes in the Met Police have put women and children at greater risk and found that female officers and staff routinely experience sexism. It also found that there are racist officers in the force and a “deep-seated homophobia” existing in the organisation.
