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NLJ this week: Defensiveness & denial at the Met

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07 April 2023
Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Public , Disciplinary&grievance procedures , Discrimination
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The Met has been exposed by the Casey Review as having ‘a poisoned culture that has become endemic’, writes NLJ columnist Jon Robins in this week’s issue. 

Louise Casey’s 363-page report uncovered shocking levels of institutional racism, sexism and homophobia.

Robins cites examples from the report, not least the Met’s inability to recognise its problems as anything more than ‘bad apples’ and the low levels of accountability or retribution for misconduct; unless the officer concerned was black, in which case they were 81% more likely than their white colleagues to have misconduct allegations brought against them.

From over-stuffed fridges containing evidence to bullying and dismissal of female officers, Robins covers some of the shocking content uncovered by the Casey Report—read more here.
Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Public , Disciplinary&grievance procedures , Discrimination
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