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T he Met is hiring hundreds of new Police Community Support Officers in a bid to step back into community policing and rebuild public trust in the scandal-hit force.The massive recruitment drive launched on Tuesday will see an extra 500 PCSOs join the Met this year and a further 1,100 hired by mid-2025 - increasing the total number of PCSOs in the capital by 40 per cent initally, and eventually by more than 130 per cent.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The UK needs a national conversation about the pressures facing middle-aged and mid-life women, shadow women and equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds has said.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Police could have saved Sarah Everard if they acted more quickly on reports of Wayne Couzens flashing McDonald's staff days before, one of his victims has said.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Police officers' failure to catch Wayne Couzens for flashing women before he murdered Sarah Everard made him feel invincible, a judge has said.Ms Justice May handed the former Metropolitan Police officer a new 19-month sentence for three incidents of indecent exposure in the months leading up to the kidnapping.

A former Metropolitan Police officer who has been banned from policing over her handling of two incidents of flashing by Wayne Couzens says she has received hundreds of hate messages.Samantha Lee, 29, did not make the correct investigative inquiries over two incidents where the killer exposed himself to female staff members at a McDonalds restaurant in Swanley, Kent, days before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, a disciplinary panel found.

A former Metropolitan police constable who investigated the Wayne Couzens flashing case before he abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard has been found guilty of gross misconduct.A police disciplinary hearing found Samantha Lee failed to make the correct investigative inquiries when Couzens exposed himself to female members of staff at a McDonald's restaurant in Swanley, Kent, on two separate occasions in February 2021.

Former Metropolitan Police officer Samantha Lee's dishonesty about her investigation into Wayne Couzens over two incidents of flashing amounted to gross misconduct, a police disciplinary hearing has found.The former constable was found by the hearing at Palestra House to have failed to make the correct investigative inquiries over two incidents when Couzens exposed himself to female members of staff at a McDonald's restaurant in Swanley, Kent, on February 14 and 27 2021.

The former Met police officer accused of botching the Wayne Couzens flashing case has admitted she made some mistakes, but said nothing she could have done would have changed the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard.Samantha Lee has been accused of conducting an extremely poor investigation after Couzens, 50, exposed himself to female staff at a drive-through McDonald's in Kent on 14 and 27 February 2021, a police disciplinary hearing was told.

A former Metropolitan Police officer who allegedly missed an opportunity to properly investigate Wayne Couzens over two incidents of flashing hours before he kidnapped Sarah Everard has admitted she made some errors but said nothing she could have done would have changed the tragic outcome.Former constable Samantha Lee is said to have failed to make the correct investigative inquiries over two incidents when Couzens exposed himself to female members of staff at a McDonald's restaurant in Swanley, Kent, on February 14 and 27 2021, a police disciplinary hearing was told.

T he Metropolitan Police is set to be branded institutionally sexist in a landmark report into the scandal-hit force.Baroness Louise Casey's review, due to be published on Tuesday, is also set to make similar findings about racism and homophobia in the force, the Standard understands.She was appointed to compile the report in response to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, who was a serving officer with Scotland Yard.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Metropolitan Police clearly (has) got a problem that needs to tackled, according to the Justice Secretary, following reports that a review will criticise the force for being racist, sexist and homophobic.

T he Met Police is expected to be criticised as racist, sexist and homophobic in a damning report.A review into the force led by Baroness Casey is set to be published on Tuesday.According to government and police sources who spoke to the Guardian newspaper, the report is atrocious for the force, and will make it clear it is in last-chance saloon.

Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to committing indecent exposure in the months leading up to the murder of Sarah Everard.The former Metropolitan Police constable, who was serving as an armed officer at the time, admitted exposing his genitals in three incidents in November 2020 and February 2021.The first targeted a female cyclist in a woodland near Deal, Kent, while the second two offences took place at a McDonald's drive-thru in Swanley.

A former Metropolitan Police officer who allegedly missed an opportunity to properly investigate Wayne Couzens over two incidents of flashing said she she was shocked to realise that she was still the officer in the case when she came back to work after a few days off.Former police constable Samantha Lee is said to have failed to make the correct investigative inquiries over two incidents when Couzens exposed himself to female members of staff at the restaurant in Swanley, Kent, on February 14 and 27 2021, a police disciplinary hearing was told.

A restaurant manager has contradicted evidence given by a former Met Police officer who said she was never shown CCTV footage of a car driven by Wayne Couzens when he exposed himself to female members of staff.Samantha Lee is said to have failed to make "the correct investigative inquiries" over two flashing incidents involving Couzens, when she worked as a PC with the force.

S cotland Yard is to rename a unit tackling violent gun crime because it sounds too aggressive.Operation Viper, set up in 2016, will be rebranded as the Proactive Firearms Team.Metropolitan Police bosses expressed concern that the association with venomous snakes portrayed the wrong image, The Daily Telegraph reports.

A woman who says she suffered off the scale sexual abuse from a former partner is still waiting for justice two years after reporting him to the police.Rebecca* told The Independent how she was subjected to multiple rapes, sexual abuse, coercive control and physical abuse from her ex.She reported him to the police in 2021 and he was charged, arrested, and remanded in custody before he was released on bail with a tag.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to halve violence against women and girls if Labour wins office at the next general election.In a speech, the Labour leader said he would put domestic abuse specialists in police control rooms, and set up dedicated courts for rape trials.He also pledged to halve knife and serious violent crime, as part of his five "missions" for government.

Watch live as Baroness Louise Casey speaks to the home affairs select committee following her report on London's Metropolitan Police, which found the force to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself.The Met appointed Baroness Casey to lead an independent review of its culture and standards of behaviour in the wake of a series of shocking incidents.

A demonstration to mark two years since a Kill the Bill protest turned into rioting in Bristol has passed off peacefully.Around 200 people marched on Bridewell police station to commemorate the disorder that saw violent clashes with Avon and Somerset Police officers on the evening of March 21 2021.What began as a peaceful vigil for Sarah Everard on College Green that afternoon turned violent after crowds marched to the police station to protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

The Metropolitan Police is broken and rotten, suffering collapsing public trust and is guilty of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia, an official report has said.The report by Baroness Louise Casey, commissioned by the Met after one of its officers abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in March 2021, is one of the most damning ever of a major British institution.

The Metropolitan Police is once again under the spotlight following a damning report that concluded that it was sexist, racist and homophobic.The review of Britain's biggest force, sparked by the murder of Sarah Everard, found a culture of denial that allowed predatory behaviour to thrive.In her report, Baroness Louise Casey said she could not rule out another Wayne Couzens or David Carrick lurking in the force's ranks.

The Women's Equality Party plastered posters showing a police officer grabbing a woman from behind while other officers laugh with each other under the caption: See it.Say it.Ignore it a twist on the British Transport Police slogan See it.Say it.Sorted.The posters appeared at train stations across the capital on Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Police have nowhere to hide after a rats' nest of institutional misogyny was exposed by a damning report, women's organisations have said.Centre for Women's Justice (CWJ), Rape Crisis and the End Violence Against Women Coalition have called for urgent changes to the UK's largest police service after a scathing review was published on Tuesday.

T he public of London is being failed by an institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic Met riddled with bullying, poor leadership and the rotten treatment of black people, the most damning report in the force's history warned on Tuesday.Baroness Louise Casey said that the protection of women had also been thrown out of the window as she denounced a catalogue of failings at Scotland Yard infecting every level of the force.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Metropolitan Police has got a problem, Dominic Raab said today as the force was braced for the release of a damning report expected to criticise the Met for being racist, sexist and homophobic.

M ore than half of Londoners do not trust the Metropolitan Police, a survey has found.A YouGov study shared with the Standard shows fifty-one per cent of Londoners do not trust the force very much or at all, compared to forty-two per cent who say they do tend to trust them.The figures come as the force reels from a string of scandals, including the case of serial rapist David Carrick, who this week received 36 life sentences after admitting 49 offences against twelve women while a serving police officer.

The 48-year-old was given 36 life sentences at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 85 serious offences including 48 rapes against 12 women.The judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, said the disgraced firearms officer had spoken to a probation officer about traumatic experiences in his childhood.

A BDSM obsessed former Metropolitan Police officer who used duct tape to restrain his flatmate during 10 minutes of terror has been jailed for four years.Sam Grigg, 36, who was sacked from the Met after being charged, previously pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court to false imprisonment and assault against Natasha Rabinowitz, who was then 23.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The front pages lead with defence concerns, a murderous ex-police officer and possible alien visitors.The Prime Minister says the Royal Air Force is ready to shoot down any spy balloons, reports the Daily Mail, while The Daily Telegraph has obtained data showing more than two thirds of UK police drones are made by a Chinese firm blacklisted in the US.

Police are accused of missing a series of chances to stop Couzens, a firearms officer in the Met's elite Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, before he kidnapped, raped, and killed Ms Everard in March 2021.Couzens's disturbing sexual behaviour was so well-known in some circles that some takeaway staff even nicknamed him the penis guy', court documents have revealed.

A rrests have been made and investigations launched after hundreds of people contacted the Met's hotline to root out corrupt or abusive officers, one of the force's chiefs said on Thursday.James Harman, head of the anti-corruption and abuse command, said the Met accepted that it was in a bad place but was determined to put this right for Londoners.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Wayne Couzens will be sentenced on Monday for three incidents of flashing before he abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard.The former Metropolitan Police officer, 50, is already serving a whole life jail sentence for the murder of Ms Everard, 33.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Wayne Couzens was supposed to be on duty, working from home, when he flashed at a female cyclist before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, a court has heard.

WhatsApp messages which show Wayne Couzens joking about rape with other Metropolitan Police officers before the murder of Sarah Everard have been revealed for the first time.During 2019, two years before the killing, Couzens repeatedly talked about sexually assaulting women, including victims of domestic abuse.

Police said they are sorry that former officer Wayne Couzens was not caught before he raped and murdered Sarah Everard following a string of indecent exposure offences.The sexual predator was finally brought to justice for flashing at three women over a four-month period, with the last incident just days before he kidnapped 33-year-old Ms Everard on March 3, 2021.

The Metropolitan Police have faced criticism for failing to prevent Sarah Everard's murder, as Wayne Couzens was finally brought to justice for a series of earlier flashing incidents.Ex-officer Couzens, 50, was supposed to be on duty and working from home when he exposed himself to a female cyclist in a country lane in Kent in November 2020.

A senior officer has said sorry Wayne Couzens was not arrested before he murdered Sarah Everard, saying his actions should make everyone in policing hang their heads in shame.Ex-Met officer Couzens was supposed to be on duty working from home when he committed one of a series of flashing incidents before he kidnapped, raped and killed Ms Everard in March 2021.

This is an undated handout photo issued by Hertfordshire Police of serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick.A London police officer on Monday, Jan, 16, 2023 admitted multiple counts of rape and sexual assaults on a dozen women over almost two decades.David Carrick, 48, pleaded guilty to 49 offenses, including some 20 counts of rape as well as assault, attempted rape and false imprisonment.

A serving officer in London's Metropolitan Police has admitted to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape over an 18-year period, reigniting calls for urgent reform in the United Kingdom's largest police force.David Carrick appeared at Southwark Crown Court in the British capital Monday to plead guilty to four counts of rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault relating to a 40-year-old woman in 2003, the UK's PA Media news agency reported.

A Home Office minister Robert Jenrick has said Rishi Sunak's government will backs efforts by London mayor Sadiq Khan to strip serial rapist police officer David Carrick of his pension.Mr Khan has said efforts will be made to remove the police pension because Carrick's crimes were committed in connection with his job but the current rules state he will still keep at least 35 per cent.

T he Met and other police forces were on Wednesday denounced as institutionally sexist as the policing watchdog admitted there were significant problems with misogyny among officers.Diana Johnson, chairwoman of the Commonshome affairs select committee, said that we should call it what it is institutional sexism as she and other MPs grilled the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services Andy Cooke about the failures that allowed Met rapist David Carrick to escape detection during his decades with the force.

Fionnuala Kennedy, head of the 21,000 a year Wimbledon High School, said she is breathless with anger at the failing of the Met police to protect girls and women.She spoke out following the conviction of David Carrick who carried out a campaign of sex offences while a serving officer, the latest in a series of scandals involving Met officers.

The Metropolitan Police may need to change its name in a root and branch review of the force following the David Carrick case, Sir Keir Starmer has said.The Labour leader said the crimes committed by the former officer who admitted 49 criminal charges including 24 counts of rape were jaw-droppingly shocking.He suggested the scale of the change now needed at the Met may be comparable to the policing reforms in Northern Ireland in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement which led to the Royal Ulster Constabulary being replaced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.In an interview with Global Player's The News Agents podcast, Sir Keir said the Carrick case followed other scandals where there had been a failure to take action against the perpetrators.

S pecial safe zones will be set-up to protect women and girls at London's New Year's Eve fireworks celebrations on the banks of the Thames.The Met will work with Safer Spaces, a charity that works to prevent sexual violence, harassment and domestic abuse at festivals and events.Women and girls can go to the designated space, which will be located along Duncannon Street near Trafalgar Square, if they feel unsafe or threatened or need of advice, Specially trained professionals from safeguarding backgrounds will be present in the safe zone.

T argeting the 1,000 most dangerous predatory men in London to stop them committing crimes against women and children will be the big prize for the Met this year, Sir Mark Rowley said as he vowed to bring more rapists and sex offenders to justice.The Met Commissioner said he wanted to use the best science available to identify and then pursue the men to achieve the proactive protection of women and children from sex attacks, harassment and other forms of abuse.

Whole-life orders are the most severe punishment available in the UK criminal justice system for those who commit the most serious crimes.Brutal' killer Damien Bendall joins a string of some of the country's most dangerous offenders who are expected to die behind bars, including disgraced police officer Wayne Couzens and necrophiliac David Fuller.

A police officer has been sacked for slapping the bottoms of two female police officers he worked with.A police misconduct panel concluded that the behaviour of PC Kevin Wood, of West Yorkshire Police, was sexist and amounted to gross misconduct.Wood, who was based in Leeds and served as a police officer for 20 years, was described as being far more senior than his two colleagues who were both young with limited experience.

T he Government's outgoing adviser on tackling violence against women has accused former Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick of trying to minimise the murder of Sarah Everard by serving officer Wayne Couzens.Nimco Ali, a campaigner and survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), alleged that at a high-level meeting chaired by then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and several senior ministers shortly after the murder in March 2021, said the commissioner complained the Government's initial response was over the top.

The Government's outgoing adviser on tackling violence against women has accused former Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick of trying to minimise the murder of Sarah Everard by serving officer Wayne Couzens.Nimco Ali, a campaigner and survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), alleged that at a high-level meeting chaired by then-prime minister Boris Johnson and several senior ministers shortly after the murder in March 2021, the commissioner complained the Government's initial response was over the top.

Home secretary Suella Braverman's crazy rhetoric on immigration is fuelling racism and normalising the politics of Nigel Farage, an outgoing senior Home Office aide has alleged.Nimco Ali, a campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who moved to Britain from Somalia as a child refugee, was appointed as an adviser on tackling violence against women by home secretary Priti Patel in October 2020.