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Reports of institutional sexism, racism & homophobia rock Britain's biggest police force

An independent investigation commissioned after the kidnapping, rape and murder of British woman Sarah Everard suggests her abuser, Wayne Couzens, was likely just the tip of the iceberg. The "Casey Report" revealed that London's Metropolitan Police is institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic, failing to protect both its own staff and…

France 24

Stephen Lawrence’s mother says Met has ‘failed to change’ 30 years on from murder

Three decades on from killing nobody holds ‘brutal’ Met Police to account, Doreen Lawrence says

Evening Standard

Casey review: how the Met police needs to accept that it is institutionally racist and deal with failures

Louise Casey’s review of the standards of behaviour and internal culture at the Metropolitan police makes for uncomfortable reading. It was commissioned following the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, who was a serving Met officer at the time.

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Chief constables must have ‘final word’ on sackings, says top officer

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford has echoed comments made by Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley.

The Independent UK

E-fit released after man performs sex act in front of two women in north London

Suspect exposed himself and followed three people in Haringey

The Independent UK

Inmates at 'Monster Mansion' where Wayne Couzens is jailed to get 'phones in their cells'

Inmates at HMP Frankland are said to be 'excited' over the possibility of making and receiving calls from their cell - some have said the idea would 'sicken' taxpayers and victims

Daily Mirror

Nearly 200 cops facing the boot from Met in drive to root out unfit officers

Almost 200 serving Metropolitan Police staff previously accused of sex crimes or domestic abuse could face being booted out of the force in new plans revealed by the Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley

Daily Mirror

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Mark Rowley aims to reform the Met on the scale of Robert Mark in the 1970s

The London police commissioner faces a battle to clean up a force where the same cultures tackled by his predecessor ‘are alive and well’

The Guardian - UK

Four out of five investigations into officers need to be reassessed, says Met Chief

Met Police chief urged Londoners to back his bid to root out hundreds of rogue officers who had riddled the force like ‘cancer’

Evening Standard

18 notorious criminals jailed in the UK in March

Some of the biggest court cases to conclude in the UK last month

Manchester Evening News

Wayne Couzens should be stripped of police pension, London mayor says

Mayor warns that Sarah Everard’s killer is still eligible for pension from his time with armed force protecting nuclear sites

The Independent UK

Strip murderer Wayne Couzens of police pension, says Sadiq Khan

The Mayor of London has written to Energy Secretary Grant Shapps to urge him to “take all possible steps to ensure that Couzens is stripped of his pension”

Evening Standard

Met Police bans social media on smartphones of serving officers

The Met Police, which has more than 30,000 officers, has blocked mobile-phone access to TikTok and most other social-media apps

Evening Standard

More than 80 Scots cops probed over allegations of sexual misconduct and racism

Details of Police Scotland's probe follow days of scrutiny into the Metropolitan Police in London which was misogynistic and racist.

Daily Record

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Daily Mirror

Commended cop who guarded Kate Middleton says evil men are still hiding in the Met

Ex Met police offer Ricky Haruna has lifted the lid on life in the 'toxic force' and fears another Wayne Couzens could be hiding in the ranks after it was labelled as 'institutionally racist'

The Independent UK

People will not want to join police in wake of Casey review, warns top officer

Martin Hewitt is chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

Evening Standard

‘Ripe for abuse’: Outrage over anti-protest bill giving police more power while expanding stop and search

‘These powers are going to be used and abused by accident or design against people who may not even be protestors,’ Dame Chakrabarti said

The Conversation

Met police: Casey review shows how 'warrior culture' drives policing in the UK

The landmark Casey review has found the Metropolitan Police institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. This language – “institutionally” – means that these are not problems isolated to a few bad apples, like David Carrick or Wayne Couzens.

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The Independent UK

Watch as Baroness Casey faces questions from MPs in wake of damning Met Police report

Watch as Baroness Louise Casey speaks to the home affairs select committee following her report on London’s Metropolitan Police, which found the force to be “institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic” and unable to police itself.

Daily Record

Police Scotland 'not in the same area as Met' over handling of misconduct claims

David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said the way policing is done in Scotland is different to the rest of the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Met chief needs time to turn things around – but patience is in short supply

Damning report may bolster Mark Rowley’s declared mission of reform but he needs to take ‘cops on the ground’ with him

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The Metropolitan Police’s failings have been laid bare — Londoners deserve better than this

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.

The Independent UK

Predatory officers are problem nationwide not just Metropolitan Police, ex home secretary Priti Patel warns

Former home secretary says damning Casey report should be a moment for all police forces to ‘get their house in order’

Evening Standard

London deserves better, says Baroness Casey after damning Met Police report

The 360-page report revealed a force riven with ‘racism, sexism and homophobia’

The Independent UK

Relatives of murder victims lead calls for change at ‘rotten’ Met Police

Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered by racists in 1993, said the force, Britain’s largest, is “rotten to the core”.

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