Met Police force 'institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic' - the key findings of damning Casey report
The Metropolitan Police is 'institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic', a damning review into the force, which was commissioned following the murder of Sarah Everard, has found.
Report found widespread bullying, 'deep-seated' homophobia and 'routine' sexism The review found widespread bullying, with a fifth of staff and officers with protected characteristics experiencing bullying, and a third of those with a long-standing illness, disability or infirmity. 'Culture of denial' in force with 'predatory behaviour allowed to flourish' The report said the Met takes a 'tick box' approach to critical findings, and there is a tendency to “blame individual bad apples rather than pausing for genuine reflection on systemic issues”.
The report said: “H says young, female officers were ‘traded like cattle’ and moved on to different units depending on which male officers found them attractive.” She moved on to another unit that had a strict dress code, and on one occasion was told her hair looked like she had been in an ‘electricity socket’ 10 minutes after she had taken a shower following a physical training session.
Female officer 'tried to take her own life over rape case handling' An officer called A in the report, who was beaten and raped multiple times by fellow Met officer, known as X, was so distraught by the force’s handling of the case she tried to take her own life, the report said. The case was passed between six different investigators in a year, with A being asked to give her account of what had happened each time, and being forced to move team to get away from her abuser.
More rapists could be in the ranks Baroness Casey warned that more rapists could be serving in the force. Asked if there were still rapists, like Couzens and Carrick, hidden within the ranks and being allowed to get away with their behaviour, she said: “I cannot sufficiently assure you that that is not the case.”
The review made 16 recommendations and said the changes need to be made by the Met, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Home Office to “create a radically improved new London Metropolitan Police Service”. The reforms are of a “significant scale” and “on a par” with the “transformation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the Police Service of Northern Ireland” at the end of the last century.
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