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"The Metropolitan police is broken and rotten, suffering collapsing public
trust and is guilty of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia, an
official report has said.
The report by Louise Casey, commissioned by the Met after one of its officers
abducted Sarah Everard, taking her from from a London street in March 2021
before raping and murdering her, is one of the most damning of a major British
institution.
The 363-page report details disturbing stories of sexual assaults, usually
covered up or downplayed, with 12% of women in the Met saying they had been
harassed or attacked at work, and one-third experiencing sexism.
Lady Casey said that the lifeblood of British policing was haemorrhaging and
her report warned that “public consent is broken” with just 50% of the public
expressing confidence, even before revelations about the force’s worst recent
scandals.
She pinned the primary blame on its past leadership and said: “Public respect
has fallen to a low point. Londoners who do not have confidence in the Met
outnumber those who do, and these measures have been lower amongst black
Londoners for years.
“The Met has yet to free itself of institutional racism. Public consent is
broken. The Met has become unanchored from the Peelian principle of policing by
consent set out when it was established.”
The report found a bullying culture, frontline officers demoralised and feeling
let down by their leaders, and discrimination “baked into the system”.
Casey revealed that one Muslim officer had bacon stuffed in his boots, a Sikh
officer had his beard cut, minority ethnic officers were much more likely to be
disciplined or leave, and Britain’s biggest force remains disproportionately
white, in a capital that is increasingly diverse."
Via Kevin O'Brien.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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