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Met Police under fire for advising women stopped by lone officer to ‘wave down a bus’
The police watchdog is investigating five serving Met officers who are accused of sharing what are described as “discriminatory and inappropriate” WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens.
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Jeffrey Epstein: Met Police to review decision not to investigate Epstein amid Prince Andrew US lawsuit
Scotland Yard says it will review its decision not to investigate whether the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed crimes in London, after one of his accusers lodged a civil case against Prince Andrew in New York. The Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said no-one was above the law, but would not be opening…
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Policing has a specific problem and it’s down to home secretary and Met Police to fix, says Reclaim These Streets co-founder
We were joined by Anna Birley from Reclaim These Streets, a women’s safety organisation working to challenge misogyny and street harassment of women and girls.
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Daniel Morgan murder: Met Police ‘institutionally corrupt’, says report
“One of the most devastating episodes in the history of the Metropolitan Police” is how Home Secretary Priti Patel put it.
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Met Police commander fears knife crime surge post lockdown
The Metropolitan Police has told us it fears a “bounceback” in violent crime now that lockdown restrictions are being lifted.
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‘We need to stop the bleeding’, says Met Police Commander
We spoke to Commander Alex Murray, the Met’s lead on violent crime, and began by asking him how the force was preparing for any potential post-lockdown rise in knife crime.
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‘CPS needs to play its part in rebuilding trust in communities’ – former Met Police officer Victor Olisa
Victor Olisa is a retired chief superintendent with the Metropolitan Police.
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Met Police officer’s actions towards vulnerable teenager ‘one of the most troubling incidents I have personally seen’ – IOPC’s Sal Naseem
We spoke to Sal Naseem, regional director of the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
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Met police officer dismissed for hitting vulnerable teenage girl over 30 times with a baton
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after using what was described as “shocking” and “disproportionate” force against a vulnerable teenage girl.
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Race is not on the Met Police’s agenda, says former National Black Police Association chair
We spoke to the former Metropolitan Police superintendent Leroy Logan. He was the first chair of the National Black Police Association and we began by asking him for his reaction to the conviction of PC Ben Hannam, and how his extreme views were missed.
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Met Police former chief superintendent says response to Everard’s vigil ‘totally inappropriate’.
We spoke to Victor Olisa, former chief superintendent for the Metropolitan Police. He was also the Met’s director of inclusion and diversity.
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Met Police chief Cressida Dick urged to resign following police handling of Sarah Everards vigil
People demanding action on safety were arrested and removed. Today the Metropolitan Police Chief said her officers were right to take such action during what she called an ‘unlawful gathering’.
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Met police officer Wayne Couzens charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard
Metropolitan police constable Wayne Couzens has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard – who went missing on the way home from a friend’s house in south London earlier this month.
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Former top Met Police officer Nusrit Mehtab sues over ‘racial and sexist abuse’
It’s more than 20 since the Macpherson Inquiry – commissioned after the death of Stephen Lawrence – declared that the Metropolitan Police was “institutionally racist”. Last summer, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, Scotland Yard commissioner Cressida Dick told this programme the label no longer applied. Tonight, though, the most senior Asian…
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Covid creating ‘perfect storm’ for young people at risk of online radicalisation, Met Police officer says
Covid-19, social isolation and a rise in online extremism is creating a “perfect storm” for young people vulnerable to online radicalisation, according to the UK’s most senior counter-terrorism police officer. Hundreds of children have been referred to the government’s Prevent programme, which was designed to discourage young people from being drawn into terrorism. A new…