Culture of fear at Metropolitan Police
A two-year investigation into the Metropolitan Police’s treatment of female, black, minority ethnic and gay officers has uncovered a culture of fear.
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Two serving officers in the Metropolitan Police have been suspended from duty after being arrested over an incident in south-west London last Sunday.
ir Mark Rowley has announced dozens of officers from its serious crime and terrorism units will focus their firepower internally.
We spoke to Nogah Ofer, solicitor at the Centre for Women’s Justice and Shabnam Chaudhri, a former Detective Superintendent for the Metropolitan Police who says her career there was a 30 year struggle with racism.
The Metropolitan Police has been placed in ‘special measures’ by the police watchdog after a series of scandals, from the way it handled the Sarah Everard murder case, to offensive messages and photos shared by officers and the failure to properly investigate the serial killer Stephen Port. The force will now be placed under “additional…
PC Ben Hannam was found guilty of membership of banned far-right extremist group National Action.
The Metropolitan Police have told us they will fully investigate allegations made by Dale Semper, a black bank manager, who says he was wrongfully targeted by officers
“We cannot arrest our way out of this epidemic” – that was the Prime Minister’s warning at today’s knife crime summit in Downing Street.
A two-year investigation into the Metropolitan Police’s treatment of female, black, minority ethnic and gay officers has uncovered a culture of fear.
With today’s resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates, following yesterday’s decision by Sir Paul Stephenson to stand down, is the Metropolitan Police now a “rudderless ship”?
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson announces his resignation as the phone hacking scandal claims its latest victim. Read his full statement here.
New mobile phone footage has emerged which gives a fuller picture of what happened when a campaigner against antisemitism was confronted by police at a pro-Palestine demonstration. The Metropolitan Police issued two apologies last week after a video clip was published showing Gideon Falter being described in his heated conversation with an officer as “openly…
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will meet the Met Police Commissioner tomorrow to discuss community relations.
No collusion, no corruption, no culpability. An inquest into the 2003 gangland shooting of Sabina Rizvi has ended with the Metropolitan Police absolved of any responsibility. She was shot dead when her car was ambushed minutes after she drove away from a police station in south London.
The vast majority of victims of domestic homicide were in touch with police, health services and other public agencies before they were killed , new research reveals today. Published by the Domestic Abuse commissioner, the review calls for widespread change across the board – from the criminal justice system to social care – to intervene more effectively and try to stop the killings.
In London, tens of thousands of people were again on the streets calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.