"The IOPC said: The allegations include excessive use of force, making discriminatory and misogynistic comments, and failing to report or challenge inappropriate behaviour, and are alleged to have occurred both on and off duty between August 2024 and January 2025. The claims of excessive use of force involve alleged actions while on duty. So far the allegations are not thought to centre on WhatsApp groups."
"The Met said the allegations, if true, amounted to criminality and misconduct and would be disgraceful. The force added that it was taking immediate and assertive action, including dismantling the current custody team at Charing Cross station and significantly changing the leadership in our custody command and the Westminster [borough] leadership team. An IOPC report in 2022 revealed graphic details of officers sharing messages about hitting and raping women, the deaths of black babies and the Holocaust."
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has opened an investigation centring on Charing Cross police station in central London. The probe concerns 11 current or former Metropolitan officers and one staff member, including nine serving officers who have been suspended. Allegations include excessive use of force, discriminatory and misogynistic comments, and failures to report or challenge inappropriate behaviour, alleged to have occurred on and off duty between August 2024 and January 2025. The Metropolitan Police says the claims of excessive force relate to actions while on duty and has dismantled the Charing Cross custody team and changed custody and Westminster leadership. A 2022 IOPC report detailed earlier graphic messaging offences by officers based mainly at Charing Cross between 2016 and 2018, and the Met stated the allegations, if true, would amount to criminality and misconduct. Former commissioner Cressida Dick was ousted in the earlier fallout, and her successor Mark Rowley has pledged cultural transformation.
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