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Head of Britain’s police chiefs says force ‘institutionally racist’

Exclusive: Gavin Stephens becomes most senior serving officer to accept discrimination in policing operates at a ‘fundamental level’

The Guardian - UK

Firearms officers: new report reveals the 'toxic culture' keeping women and ethnic minorities out of specialist squads

Hundreds of London’s Metropolitan police officers temporarily turned in their firearms in September after the Crown Prosecution Service charged an officer with the murder of unarmed 24-year-old Chris Kaba. Up to 300 of the force’s 2,500 armed officers stepped back from their duties, leading the Met to request backup support…

The Conversation

Met officer sacked for making racist comments to colleague while off duty

Former PC Luke Hunt made the comments after a social event and while off duty

Evening Standard

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Black Met officers urged by colleagues to donate to fund for sacked PCs

Exclusive: Black officers complain of collection for men who lied about the stop and search of black athletes

The Guardian - UK

The Met review – should the BBC really be airing a puff piece for London police?

With Met ‘bad apples’, from murderer Wayne Couzens to rapist David Carrick, fresh in our minds, is it right that our national broadcaster is airing a showreel for the good guys?

The Guardian - UK

First citizens’ assembly set up in east London to help scrutinise Met Police

‘We want a police service that works for all our communities. Many of the police want that as well’

Evening Standard

The UK has relatively few armed police – but their specialist squads are hotbeds of 'warrior culture'

When unarmed black Briton Chris Kaba was killed by a single shot from a London Metropolitan police officer in September 2022, his family and communities of colour demanded answers. A year later, they have the beginnings of one – the Crown Prosecution Service announced it was charging an officer with…

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Police officers are ‘switching off body-worn cameras and deleting footage’, investigation finds

More than 150 reports of misuse of body-worn cameras were found in the BBC investigation

Evening Standard

Police officers ‘misusing body-worn cameras across England and Wales’

More than 150 reports of misuse of body-worn cameras were found in the BBC investigation.

The Independent UK

Former top cop hits out at missed opportunities for Met to accept it is ‘institutionally’ racist, after chief denies term AGAIN

Exclusive: Ex assistant commissioner Neil Basu said it was a ‘mistake’ Sir Mark Rowley would not admit his force was ‘institutionally’ racist at the first London Policing Board meeting

The Independent UK

Met chief says anxiety led firearms police to refuse to carry weapons

Force says some of the officers have started to return to duties but others are still refusing to carry firearms

The Guardian - UK

Scotland Yard hopeful that rebellion by firearms officers is subsiding

More officers return to carrying weapons after promises of a review to examine greater protections

The Guardian - UK

Years of discontent have erupted with Met police firearms protest

When it comes to investigating police shootings, what all sides agree on is it takes too long

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan refuses to rule out breaking up Met Police if reforms fail

The mayor said the new London Policing Board would help hold the force to account

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The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan announces London Policing Board to help scrutinise the Met

The board was set up in line with a recommendation in the review of the culture and standards in the Metropolitan Police by Baroness Casey.

The Independent UK

Britain’s new policing shame revealed: Accused of crimes against women – but still working

Exclusive: Baroness Casey, who led the damning review into the Met Police in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder, backed calls for officers to be suspended

The Guardian - UK

Louise Casey: ‘We need a change of government. This lot are spent’

After 30 years of helping homeless people and troubled families, the can-do peer says she’s had her fill of this Tory administration

The Independent UK

Met Police officer charged with rape and strangulation

PC James Murray allegedly committed some offences while on duty earlier this year

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The Independent UK

Racial justice groups write to Met police chief with concerns on overhaul plan

Plans to overhaul the force, a £366 million two-year scheme dubbed A New Met for London, were launched last week.

The Guardian - UK

Racial justice groups criticise Met’s refusal to accept force is racist

Coalition of 26 organisations say overhauls in policing plan launched last week are a missed opportunity

Al Jazeera

‘No more’: Anti-racism group to monitor UK police after scandals

The Alliance for Police Accountability is launched in the UK on the heels of explosive scandals linked to the police.

The Independent UK

Met Police Commissioner says he has not ‘shirked’ from Baroness Casey report

Sir Mark Rowley said the Metropolitan Police is ‘on a big reform plan’ following the Baroness Casey report, published in March.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Met Police’s improvement plan is ‘important step on road to reform’

The £366m, two-year plan on Tuesday won priase from Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat politicians at City Hall

The Guardian - UK

Doreen Lawrence backs duty on police to disclose phone data

Officers under investigation for misconduct should be forced to hand over relevant information, says peer

The Guardian - UK

Faith in Met police has plummeted and signs are it will only sink lower

Claims it let a key suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder slip away show how the force continues to be weighed down by its past

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