"The Metropolitan police are to face a new inquiry into whether they have radically changed after a devastating report found the force was riddled with prejudice and failing the public, the Guardian has learned. The Casey 2 inquiry was supposed to have been launched earlier this year but has been delayed. It is a follow-up to the review by Louise Casey that in 2023 found the Met to be institutionally racist and misogynistic, and concluded that Britain's largest police force could be broken up if it failed to change."
"The first event that gave impetus to act on the promise of a second Casey-style inquiry was the discovery of excessive use of force and bigoted remarks by officers at Charing Cross station in central London, exposed through an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama. This was closely followed by the second event, a Met-commissioned report by Dr Shereen Daniels that blamed the force for inflicting racial harm on black people which was institutionally defended, with its leadership and culture protecting the force from real change."
A new inquiry will assess whether the Metropolitan Police have radically changed after a devastating review found the force riddled with prejudice and failing the public. The Casey 2 inquiry was delayed earlier this year and will follow Louise Casey's 2023 review that found the Met institutionally racist and misogynistic and warned it could be broken up if it failed to change. Two recent scandals prompted the renewed action: an undercover BBC Panorama investigation exposing excessive force and bigoted remarks at Charing Cross station, and a Met-commissioned report by Dr Shereen Daniels that blamed the force for inflicting racial harm on Black people and being institutionally defended. Dr Gillian Fairfield has been selected to chair the inquiry, with the appointment expected to be announced later this month. The decision was made by the Met and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime under Sadiq Khan, while Lady Casey remains engaged in central government work. Andy George, chair of the National Black Police Association, said the inquiry chair will need to be ruthless.
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