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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…

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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

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

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Emergency hotline plan to protect lone women after Sarah Everard murder is ditched

A BT spokesperson said it soon became clear that it does not "make sense" to follow through with the 888 service, which was planned to help vulnerable women walking alone feel safe on the street

Daily Mirror

BT shelves plan for phone line to help women travelling alone

Privately-run £50m scheme backed by former home secretary was mooted after 2021 murder of Sarah Everard

The Guardian - UK

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

Met Police sex offenders unmasked for rapes, paedophilia and assault

Britain’s biggest police force has seen several convictions over rape and sexual assault as review of cases continues

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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

Woman’s emergency’888’ number started in wake of Sarah Everard murder scrapped

BT says the phone line, which would track women walking home, ‘does not make sense’

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

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

Baroness Casey warns of ‘tragedy’ for victims and London if Met fails to reform

Sir Mark Rowley has rejected an offer to check yearly on progress in implementing change at under fire force

Evening Standard

Imagine women being able to go about their lives with no fear of men

Polly Hudson longs for a world where women don't have to worry about being abused

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the serial failings of the Metropolitan police

The force’s leadership must act on the findings of Louise Casey’s review and rebuild its trust with the public

Daily Record

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

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'

Daily Mirror

Mum of murdered sisters accuses Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer of 'point scoring' in PMQs

Mina Smallman tragically lost her daughters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry after they went to a park in North London to celebrate the latter's birthday

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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.

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer says ban on caning school kids shows violence against women can be stopped

The Labour leader made a speech unveiling the party's plans to tackle crime. Policing has come under intense scrutiny this week following a damning report that found homophobic, racist and sexist culture within the Metropolitan Police

The Independent UK

London police chief 'humbled' by withering report on force

London’s police force has lost the confidence of the people it serves because it is riven with institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia and doesn’t do enough to weed out bad officers, according to a withering report commissioned after a young woman was raped and killed by a serving officer

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’

Irish Mirror

Female police officer 'forcibly undressed' by male cop, bombshell report states

The bombshell report, commissioned after the murder of Sarah Everard, found the Met Police was institutionally racist, homophobic, and misogynistic and said if it didn’t change it should be abolished in the next five years

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”.

The Guardian - UK

Remember the Casey review next time Suella Braverman talks about ‘woke’ policing in the Met

The countless victims of the Metropolitan police’s grotesque failures need radical reform unimaginable to this broken force, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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