Twenty-seven allegations about officers passed on in week Couzens sentencedAlmost a third of police forces in England and Wales referred allegations of sexual assault and harassment against their own officers to the police watchdog in the days followin…
Sarah Everard murder: Met to launch review of standards and internal culture
Leading figure will challenge force on corruption and sexual misconduct, vows Cressida DickThe Metropolitan police is launching a review of professional standards and internal culture within the force, led by a high-profile anti-sleaze adviser, followi…
Evidence of ‘vulgar and sexist’ WhatsApp texts ignored, says ex-Met detective
Paige Kimberley claims she wrote to Priti Patel and Cressida Dick about messages, but they did not respondA retired Metropolitan police detective has accused both Priti Patel and Cressida Dick of ignoring evidence of “vulgar and sexist” WhatsApp group …
The Metropolitan police canteen culture that shielded Sarah Everard’s killer
The murder of a woman by a serving officer has exposed the Met, once labelled institutionally racist, to accusations that it is also institutionally misogynistWithin the vast neoclassical headquarters of the Metropolitan police in central London, the f…
The Guardian view on the police and women: face up to the problems | Editorial
The murder of Sarah Everard has crystallised a crisis of faith in the service. It is time for a wider reckoningThe disappearance of Sarah Everard in London in March sparked a wave of outrage at the violence women face. Following the sentencing of her k…
At least 15 serving or former police have killed women in UK since 2009 – report
Majority of the women killed by former officers had been their partners, according to the Femicide CensusWomen have been killed by at least 15 serving or former police officers in the UK since 2009, new figures reveal.The majority of the women killed b…
Cressida Dick is staying as Met chief, but who else would take the poisoned chalice? | Duncan Campbell
After many calls for her resignation, Dick is the latest in a line of commissioners to be blamed for the police service’s failuresIn 1955, after being presented with a damning report on corruption within the Metropolitan police, the then commissioner, …
Tech firms not doing enough to fight terrorism, says Met police chief
Cressida Dick calls for more action to stop online radicalisation and questions push towards end-to-end encryptionThe UK most senior police officer has accused technology firms of failing to identify, monitor and report the activity of terrorists, in a…
Victims of police malpractice call for Met chief to be replaced
Group signs open letter criticising decision to extend Cressida Dick’s term in office by two yearsVictims of police incompetence and malpractice, including Doreen Lawrence and the brother of murdered private eye Daniel Morgan, have called for the repla…
Wrong to label Extinction Rebellion as extremists, says Home Office adviser
Peer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protestsA government extremism adviser has admitted during a private meeting that it is wrong to label Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters as “extreme”, despite the home secretary, Pr…