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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Met Police rape teams overworked but armed officers ‘got any toy they wanted’, says Baroness Casey

The Met deprioritised teams dealing with rape and abuse of women while firearms officers got “any toy” they wanted, Baroness Casey has said.

Speaking after the publication of her damning review into the Metropolitan Police, Baroness Casey said she was left personally shocked at how under-resourced teams dealing with domestic abuse and rapes were - while financial restraint went out of the window for elite units with some of the worst behaviour.

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