Police review treatment of flashing after alarm over Wayne Couzens case Police failed to catch Wayne Couzens for flashing days before he murdered Sarah Everard The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
Police reviewing how it treats indecent exposure after Wayne Couzens scandal College of Policing, covering England and Wales, to examine study which shows 25% of offenders go on to carry out further or more serious crimes The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023
Ex-Met Police PC who ‘failed to investigate Wayne Couzens flashing’ faces misconduct hearing Samantha Lee is accused of failing to properly investigate Couzens over crimes committed before the murder of Sarah Everard Evening Standard · May 2, 2023
Met Police receive 10 times more complaints over officer's behaviour online A Freedom of Information request has revealed that over 500 complaints have been made about Met staff behaviour on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter Daily Mirror · Apr 29, 2023
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 · Apr 21, 2023
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 · Apr 19, 2023
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. The Conversation · Apr 17, 2023
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 · Apr 12, 2023
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 · Apr 10, 2023
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 · Apr 10, 2023
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 · Apr 6, 2023
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 · Apr 5, 2023
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 · Apr 5, 2023
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 · Apr 4, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023 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
Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2023 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 · Mar 31, 2023 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
Daily Record · Mar 26, 2023 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 Mirror · Mar 25, 2023 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 · Mar 23, 2023 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 · Mar 23, 2023 ‘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 · Mar 22, 2023 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.
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023 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 · Mar 21, 2023 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 · Mar 21, 2023 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