“A slow-motion emergency”: inside Britain’s failing police forces
Incompetent, corrupt, outdated: policing needs revolution not reform.
ByMetropolitan Police
Ex-Met Police detective: “We made suspects bolder and braver”
Jess McDonald, who left the Metropolitan Police two years ago, opens up about the problems – and misconceptions – of…
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What’s gone wrong with British policing?
A former officer’s account of a failing institution.
The Met on the prowl, welcome to our new Lord Chancellor, and being mistaken for a minor royal
An American lady leaned in and whispered, “Are you going to the coronation?” This is where things went wrong.
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Why should the Met Police get the benefit of the doubt?
Police claims that we have a right to protest no longer matter once they have started nicking people for the…
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Why we should save O2 Academy Brixton
The police’s suggestion that the venue should shut is an unimaginative, narrow-minded decision that pits the state against culture.
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Abolishing the Met Police is the only option left
A force found to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic is at odds with London - and needs to be…
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Cultural change is not enough to save the Met. Its very purpose must be overhauled
The blistering Casey report identifies failings across nearly all the force’s departments.
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Why we should break up the Met
The “bad apples” defence does not explain why toxic people are attracted to the police.
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Is this the end of the Met Police?
An investigation has found it to be “institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic”, and raises the possibility of abolition.
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The Met Police has proved yet again it is a haven for sex offenders
David Carrick used his position to rape and abuse. Why are we surprised?
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“Woke policing” isn’t to blame for rising crime
There are quite a few police officers who could do with being a little more “woke”.
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The Metropolitan Police is a danger to women
How can this institution protect us?
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How can the new Met commissioner possibly hope to restore trust?
Mark Rowley faces familiar questions over the shooting of an unarmed black man and the treatment of anti-royal protesters.
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Black British values don’t align with the Tories – or Labour
There is no such thing – is a gay, atheist man of Jamaican descent the same as a Muslim British-Somali…
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The real question is why it has taken so long for the Met to be put under special measures
Sarah Everard, Child Q or Bianca Williams should be reason enough.
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The Metropolitan Police protects the powerful
Power doesn’t just corrupt those at the top – it prejudices the institutions that should keep them in line too.
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The Met’s treatment of women is an outrage – but who will act?
We must not let our lack of surprise at the police’s misogyny turn into apathy.
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I was in Dalston when police violence broke out. Here’s what I saw
An operation to check the licences and immigration status of delivery drivers quickly turned into a serious confrontation.
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Cressida Dick wasn’t the one bad apple in the Met
Her departure's only the start - Scotland Yard needs an overhaul.
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