The London Metropolitan Police (Met), the most important order force of the United Kingdomit is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobicaccording to a devastating independent report released on Tuesday.
The document, by the official Louise Caseywas commissioned in 2021 as a result of the case of Sarah Everardthe young British woman who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by agent Wayne Couzensfrom the Met, in March 2021.
According to the report, of 363 pages, there are racist agents and a “deep-seated homophobia” in the organization, while it is not ruled out that there are more policemen like Couzens.
The person in charge of the investigation considers that this force should be even dismantled if the situation does not improve.
The city of London already does not have “a functioning neighborhood watch service”while the problems are particularly acute for ethnic minorities, according to the report.
“It is not our job as the public to keep ourselves safe from the police. The job of the police is to keep us safe as the public. Too many Londoners have lost faith in the police,” Casey said in the document.
The report found that violence against women and girls has not been taken as seriously like other forms of violence, and intimidation is widespread in law enforcement.
“Female officers and staff routinely face sexism and misogyny. the met has failed to protect its employees or members of the public from police perpetrators of domestic abusenor of those who abuse their position for sexual purposes”, he points out.
Even though the Met says violence against women and girls is a priority, it has been treated differently than more aggressive forms of violence, it adds.
“In practice, this means that it hasn’t been taken as seriously in terms of resource allocation,” he says.
Since this investigation was launched in March, the case of the agent David Carrickconvicted of a series of rapes, sexual assaults and torture of women.
The chief curator of the Met, Mark Rowleysaid that he accepts the result of this deep investigation, but not the term institutionalized because it has a political connotation.
“It’s scary. You sit down and read that report and it triggers a whole host of emotions. It generates anger, frustration, shame, ”he admitted.
After the report came to light, the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakhe said today to the chain BBC that confidence in the Met has been “hugely damaged”but stressed that there are already changes underway.
“I know that the Police Commissioner is committed to doing that, he is committed to making the changes. There are already some changes underway right now. All police forces are checking all their police officers again in the police database,” he added.
(With information from EFE)
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