Hundreds of Met Police officers getting away with misconduct, claims report
, some 1,809 officers - or 20% of all those facing allegations - had more than one complaint raised against them, with 500 of those facing between three to five separate misconduct cases since 2013.
The report was commissioned in the aftermath of the rape, kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met PC Wayne Couzens.Former Met officer Wayne Couzens is serving a while-life term for the murder of Sarah Everard last year She wrote: "Cases are taking too long to resolve, allegations are more likely to be dismissed than acted upon, the burden on those raising concerns is too heavy, and there is racial disparity across the system, with white officers dealt with less harshly than black or Asian officers."by the police inspectorate which said there were "serious failings" in the way it operates.
Two police officers taking photos with the dead bodies of murdered sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry then sharing them with colleagues. Basically, the leadership of the Met has for years ignored the need to get rid of the bad, corrupt, dangerous officers and that has put their families, their fellow officers and the people they serve - the public - all at risk.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the public "rightly expects the highest standards of behaviour from police officers and the vast majority meet this expectation", but recently incidents "have damaged trust".
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