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11 Feb 2022

Met Police: How will scandal-hit force tackle its culture?

Culture Correspondent

From the handling of Sarah Everard’s murder to the sexist, derogatory messages shared by some Met officers only just brought to light, recent scandals have shone a spotlight on how women are routinely mistreated by the police, both as victims of crime and within their ranks.

It brought down Dame Cressida Dick, so what can be done to root out decades of ingrained police culture that has proved so toxic to women?