Today Louise Casey has published her report into the Metropolitan police – and it makes for damning reading. The review was commissioned in the aftermath of the rape, kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met PC Wayne Couzens in March 2021. Baroness Casey was appointed by the Met to lead an independent probe of its culture and standards of behaviour. She has today concluded that it can no longer be trusted to police itself because of ‘systemic and fundamental’ issues. Below are five key takeaways from Casey’s review.
Women abandoned by the Met
The Met has continued to throw the protection of women ‘to the side’ even after Sarah Everard’s murder. ‘I have asked myself time and again, if these crimes cannot prompt that self-reflection and reform’ she wrote then what will it take?’ Baroness Casey says a ‘boys’ club’ culture was rife in the police and that force could be dismantled if it does not improve.
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