‘New Met chief needs to be bold to root out racists’, force’s first black officer says

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley

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Scotland Yard’s first black police officer says new chief Sir Mark Rowley needs to be “bold” to clean up the scandal-hit force.

Retired detective sergeant Norwell Roberts, 76, wants to see a zero-tolerance approach towards officers who are racist, sexist, homophobic or corrupt.