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Corrupt cops: UK police under fire over slew of scandals

Saturday, 28 January 2023 2:37 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 11:09 AM ]

Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, London

The memory of the rape and murder of pedestrian Sarah Everard by then Metropolitan police officer Wayne Cousins is seared on everybody's mind here. The police commissioner at the time, Cressida Dick called it a case of a few bad apples in the force and promised action to weed them out. She was soon forced to resign leaving a police force in crisis.

The latest scandal to rock the Met, David Carrick, an officer from the same unit as Wayne Couzens, pleading guilty to tens of offenses including rape against 12 women over nearly two decades.

The response from new incumbent commissioner Mark Rowley: an apology and the promise of a cleanup:

Yet critics of the metropolitan police force say they don’t think that will solve the problem:

The force Commissioner Rowley commands was placed under “special measures” last year after revelations of bullying, racial discrimination and misogyny among some of its officers against people inside and outside the force.

New anonymous revelations from serving police officers speak of "a culture of racism and sexual abuse in the force which has left some black staff suicidal.

It's another dark day for Britain's largest police force with confidence in policing already at an already all time low. And the recent admission by one of its own, will only worsen trust in those people who are supposed to protect society.

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