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The Metropolitan Police are under fire after an official investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) revealed details of officers exchanging discriminatory and misogynistic messages. These included discussions about hitting and raping women, with reference to specific female colleagues, which officers involved dismissed as “banter”.

Activists have erected fake police appeals in central London featuring quotes from a damning report into sexism, homophobia and racism in the Met to urge for an inquiry into police misogyny.

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The Met Police has been hit with fifteen recommendations by the police watchdog after vile behaviour was uncovered in a probe, including racist, sexist and homophobic messages.

There have been too many instances of appalling conduct in policing, the Home Secretary has said, after a damning report revealed racism, sexism and homophobia within the Met Police.

Home secretary says ‘sickening’ exchanges not ‘one-off’ incidents as she calls for change within force

Charing Cross station case shows old problems were allowed to fester on social media thanks to culture of fear

Exchanges showing evidence of violent misogyny, racism and bullying later downplayed as ‘laddish banter,’ says damning report

At 15 pages, the police watchdog report into misconduct at Charing Cross Police Station is not much longer than Sue Gray’s, but it is filled with genuinely jaw-dropping detail about police behaviour.