The evidence of misogyny and racism challenges the Met’s promise to have tackled what it calls “toxic behaviours” after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.
Panorama’s secret filming shows officers making sexualised comments to colleagues and sharing racist views about immigrants and Muslims.
This evidence reveals that, far from being driven out of the Met, racist and misogynistic attitudes have been driven underground. “Someone new joins, boom, mask on. You’ve got to figure them out,” one officer said.
After the BBC sent a detailed list of allegations to the Met, it suspended eight officers and one staff member, and took two more officers off front-line duties. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the behaviour outlined by Panorama was, “disgraceful, totally unacceptable and contrary to the values and standards” of the force....<<<Read More>>>...
