you very much- here in the uk, a scathing review of britain s largest police force, london s metropolitan police, has found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author baroness casey said many lenders had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it did not change. 0ur force could be broken up if it did not change. our special correspondent has more. let s remember how all this began. sarah everard walking home kidnapped, raped and murdered by a met police officer. it shocked then and this report is frightening. a force that is broken, failing. there is, without doubt, a discriminatory culture right across the metropolitan police. and i think that institutional racism, institutional sexism, institutional misogyny and homophobia are definitely present across the organisation. we think the met is not able to assure all of us that its officers
by their male counterparts. cousens and carrick, the met s murderer and its rapist. baroness casey clear those who have the powers to search, arrest and detain need to have the trust and confidence of those they police. so this needs to be a landmark moment. the commissioner of the met apologetic, promising change, but not accepting every word of the report, despite baroness casey s plea to do so. it s disturbing. it s upsetting. it s heartbreaking. i apologise to those who ve suffered as a consequence. do you accept baroness casey s findings that the force is institutionally racist, institutionally misogynistic and institutionally homophobic? i accept her diagnosis about the racism, misogyny, homophobia in the organisation, and also that we have these systemic failings, management failings and culturalfailings. i understand her use
and the force has failed to protect the public from officers who abuse women. the met police commissioner, sir mark rowley, said the report prompted feelings of shame and anger but also increased his resolve to bring about change. our special correspondent, lucy manning reports. let s remember how all this began. sarah everard walking home kidnapped, raped and murdered by a met police officer. it shocked then and this report is frightening. a force that is broken, failing. there is, without doubt, a discriminatory culture right across the metropolitan police. and i think that institutional racism, institutional sexism, institutional misogyny and homophobia are definitely present across the organisation. we think the met is not able to assure all of us that its officers are of sufficient integrity and standards to be serving police officers, so it needs
of the term institutional. it s not a term i use myself. shabnam chaudhri was a detective superintendent in the met and lived through some of the racism the review highlights. there were officers that were outrightly racist towards me and then there were those that had the banter. but there was a particular officer, for example, who whenever i was out of the room, referred to me as the p, with the p word, and it s only my colleagues that actually told me. she believes the met must change from the top to the bottom. my message to mark rowley is implement your systems and processes, ensure that your leadership is strong, ensure that leadership is supported at every level. ensure that those who want to whistle blow can speak out, so that you can root out the dirty, rotten apples that sit within your organisation that have a huge detrimental impact on trust and confidence. reports have come, commissioners have gone and still the met hasn t changed. the warning is this
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