Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologised for letting Londoners down on Tuesday after a damning review said there’s “institutional racism, misogyny, and homophobia” in the police force.
But the police chief rejected the word “institutional,” saying it has become politicised and ambiguous in recent years.
The review into the Met’s standards of behaviour and internal culture, released by Baroness Louise Casey on Tuesday, was commissioned last year after serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens kidnapped, raped, and murdered 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard.
The report said the Met has faced “significant challenges” in recent years such as the lack of resources, changes in crime patterns, greater non-crime demand and public expectations, and a regulatory system that makes it difficult to sack people….