It is two and a half years since the excoriating Baroness Casey review into the Metropolitan Police, which labelled the force institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. Yet, despite the passage of time and institutional imperative to change, the Met is currently failing in nearly all its responsibilities, according to the police watchdog.
HM Inspector of Constabulary graded Scotland Yard over eight areas and found its performance required improvement in five and was inadequate in two: investigating crimes as well as managing offenders and suspects. For Londoners, that looks an awful lot like the meat and drink of police work. Yet there are more damning revelations. Alarmingly, the Met is not managing the risks posed by sex offenders “effectively”.
