The survey is the most extensive in decades. After its results became public, the authorities have threatened to end police operations in their current form if necessary. London’s police chief apologizes.
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The thorough report paints a stark picture of the Metropolitan Police’s activities.
The 363-page, year-long baroness Casey’s according to the investigation led by
This means that it is not about individual cases, but about the normal operation of the police.
The report tells, among other things, how the police have fed pork to Muslim men in order to bully them, left rape suspicions uninvestigated, and showed their genitals to their female colleagues and hid sex toys in their coffee cups.
When new members join the police force, it is common for older colleagues to urinate on them.
Interviewed by the Guardian newspaper (you go to another service) according to the female police, it is common for men to harass their female colleagues in the changing rooms.
One of the women said that she was repeatedly beaten by her male colleague, and nothing was done about it, even though the woman came to her workplace with a black eye.
– This is terrible. When you read the report, you get overwhelmed with emotion. It makes you angry, disappointed and ashamed, Chief Constable of London Mark Rowley comment on the statement.
He also apologized to all Londoners.
Citizens’ trust in the police is broken
According to Casey, citizens’ trust in the police is broken. According to the report, the police management has not disciplined its members, and it is still common for police officers to harass female citizens.
have recently received a lot of publicity in Britain by Wayne Couzens and of David Carrick cases.
Both were police officers convicted of violent crimes. Couzens was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering Sarah Everard. Carrick, on the other hand, for raping and torturing several women.
The Couzens and Carrick cases led to the opening of Casey’s investigation. Casey was asked by the BBC (switch to another service)can he guarantee that similar cases are no longer possible.
– I cannot say with certainty that this would be the case, he answered.
The police are threatened with dissolution
Britain’s political leadership calls for radical measures to reform the London police.
According to Casey, if necessary, the police force can be terminated in its current form if it is not able to reform.
Casey has drawn up a 16-point change program for the police.
For example, Casey demands that the police establish an institution to protect women and children from the police.