Policing by consent — the Peelian principle of earning and maintaining the respect and approval of the public — lies at the cornerstone of British law enforcement. It is admired and copied around the world. But the Metropolitan Police has, according to an excoriating report by Louise Casey, lost it.
In a landmark review commissioned in the wake of the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 by serving Met officer Wayne Couzens, Baroness Casey labelled the force institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic.
