The four values set out by the Met Police are professionalism, integrity, courage and compassion. Today, however, it feels as if we could scarcely be further from those ideals.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley admitted today that he cannot even promise women in London that the police officers they speak to are not sex offenders. This was no mere gaffe. Allegations of sexual and domestic abuse against more than 800 Met officers and staff are currently being reviewed in the wake of the Pc David Carrick scandal.
