London (EFE)
The document, in charge of the official Louise Casey, was commissioned in 2021 as a result of the case of Sarah Everard, the young British woman who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Met agent Wayne Couzens in March 2021.
According to this study, of 363 pages, there are racist officers and a “deeply rooted 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 even be dismantled if the situation does not improve.
The City of London no longer has “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.
gender violence
The report found that violence against women and girls has not been taken as seriously as other forms of violence, and intimidation is widespread in law enforcement.
“Female officers and staff routinely face sexism and misogyny. The Met has not protected its employees or members of the public from police perpetrators of domestic abuse, nor from those who abuse their position for sexual purposes,” she 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 began a year ago, the case of agent David Carrick, convicted of a series of rapes, sexual assaults and torture of women, has also come to light.
Changes underway at London Police, according to Sunak
The Met’s chief curator, Mark Rowley, said he accepts the result of this in-depth 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, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the BBC today that confidence in the Met has been “massively damaged”, but stressed that changes are already 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.