Scotland Yard overview finds institutional racism as Sikh officers focused

The key findings of the year-long unbiased investigation by Baroness Louise Casey expose how rape instances had been dropped as a consequence of proof being destroyed in a damaged freezer, ladies officers had been bullied and Muslim officers had been focused with bacon.

A overview into the London’s Metropolitan Police pressure’s cultures and requirements particulars a laundry record of failings on the pressure.

By Press Trust of India: A brand new hard-hitting overview of Scotland Yard launched on Tuesday makes a discovering of institutional racism, sexism and homophobia inside Britain’s largest police pressure after listening to of situations of a British Sikh officer’s beard being lower and one other’s turban being put right into a shoe field.

The ‘Baroness Casey Review’ into the requirements of behaviour and inner tradition of the Metropolitan Police Service concludes that the pressure appears more and more out of step with Londoners and has misplaced the general public confidence in its skills.

The key findings of the year-long unbiased investigation by Baroness Louise Casey expose how rape instances had been dropped as a consequence of proof being destroyed in a damaged freezer, ladies officers had been bullied and Muslim officers had been focused with bacon.

“We have found institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Met,” the overview stated.

“There have been a number of incidents where baptised (Sikh) officers are picked on. One officer had his beard cut because an officer thought it was funny. Another officer had his turban put into a shoe box because they thought it was funny. Unless we educate our officers then this will happen,” it stated.

The report discovered that Met Police officers investigating sexual offence instances should take care of “over-stuffed, dilapidated or broken fridges and freezers containing evidence including the rape kits of victims”. One freezer broke down throughout final yr’s heatwave and “all of the evidence had to be destroyed because it could no longer be used… and that it meant that all those cases of alleged rape would be dropped.” “It is not our job as the public to keep ourselves safe from the police. It is the police’s job to keep us safe as the public. Far too many Londoners have now lost faith in policing to do that. Many Londoners, particularly Black Londoners, never had it to begin with. I completely understand why they feel that way,” Casey says in her foreword.

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the minister accountable for the nation’s police service, stated it’s clear that there have been severe failures of tradition and management within the Met Police and a “wholesale change” within the pressure’s tradition is required.

“There is much more to do and the task of rooting out unfit officers means that further unacceptable cases will come to light,” she stated.

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley stated the report sparks emotions of disgrace and anger, nevertheless it had additionally elevated his resolve.

“This report needs to lead to meaningful change. If it only leads to pillory and blame of the exceptional majority of officers then only criminals will benefit,” stated Rowley.

“We need it to galvanise Londoners, the dedicated police majority and politicians to coalesce around reform and the renewal of policing by consent for the 21st century,” he stated.

The Mayor of London, who oversees the UK capital’s police pressure, stated the proof of the overview is extraordinarily “damning”.

“This review simply must be a turning point and I expect all the recommendations to be implemented quickly and in full,” he stated.

The suggestions embrace steps to scrub up the pressure of unfit officers, have a brand new supply in place for girls and youngsters, construct belief inside the completely different communities in London and implement new methods of oversight and accountability.

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Mar 21, 2023