METROPOLITAN Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has admitted that hundreds of officers should be sacked from the force, following a damning report into sexism, misogyny and homophobia within police ranks.
Baroness Louise Casey’s interim report on misconduct proceedings and culture in the Met, published yesterday, found officers guilty of breaking the law were escaping justice.
Less than 1 per cent of officers with multiple misconduct cases against them have been sacked, including those facing allegations for sexual assault, corruption and domestic abuse, it says.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
