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The Metropolitan Police was placed into special measures in June by the police watchdog for the way it carries out core functions. The force has failed to record crimes, allowed delays in answering 999 calls. It has also faced a series of scandals with officers swapping racist and misogynist text messages: others photographing and swapping images of the bodies of two murdered sisters and an off duty PC abducting, raping and murdering Sarah Everard by using his police powers illegally. Today's Nick Robinson spoke to Sir Mark Rowley, who replaced Dame Cressida Dick as Met Police Commissioner in September. (Image credit: CARL DE SOUZA/Pool via REUTERS)

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Dame Cressida Dick, the newly-departed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, says policing has become ‘too politicised'. When her force has been criticised on the right for investigating ‘Partygate' and on the left for letting the Prime Minister off too lightly, and when the Durham Police must now decide whether to end the career of the leader of the Labour Party, it's hard to argue with her. The Public Order Bill, which had its second reading this week, will create new legal powers to prevent or punish disruptive demonstrations. That too, critics say, is putting politics into policing. Meanwhile, the newly-arrived Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Andy Cooke, has been talking about priorities. He predicted that the cost of living crisis will trigger an increase in crime and advised officers to ‘use their discretion' when people are caught shop-lifting. One columnist wanted to know exactly how much he could nick without getting banged up. Police officers in Scotland have asked for guidance on how to enforce new hate crime legislation after being ‘inundated' with complaints about posts on social media. At its conference last week, the Police Federation of England and Wales was given a list of horror stories about misogyny in ‘every single force'. This week the National Police Chiefs Council declared itself ‘ashamed' about racism in law enforcement. Only six per cent of all crimes resulted in a charge last year. For reported rapes, the charge rate was 1.3 per cent. Some reformers want police priorities and targets set locally by the communities that are being policed. Others say it is precisely the new requirement that the police should be sensitive to everybody's feelings that's stopping them from locking up law-breakers. Where should the police's priorities lie? With Morag Livingstone, Dr Victor Olisa, Zoe Strimpel and Dr Roy Bailey Producer: Peter Everett.

Dame Cressida Dick officially leaves her post as Met Commissioner this Sunday and the Evening Standard can exclusively reveal that in an explosive ‘letter to London', she slams the city's mayor, Sadiq Khan. Accusing him of damaging the entire justice system by the “politicisation of policing”.Our Crime Correspondent, Anthony France, who broke the story, discusses what we know about the complicated relationship between the outgoing Met chief and the Mayor of London, as well as what will be Dame Cressida's legacy now she's gone. Today we talk about:How we got here (0:40)What is this ‘letter to London' (1:30)Does Dame Cressida have a point about the “politicisation of policing” (3:12)Dame Cressida's legacy (6:46)For the latest news follow us on Twitter @EveningStandard See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Unusually for this show, which normally focuses on long departed historical figures, today we're going to talk about someone who's still very much in the news. Until last week, she was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London's police force, and was the first woman and the first LBGTQ person to hold the rank, Dame Cressida Dick. Today, part two of two: we discuss Dick's tenure at the Metropolitan Police, the extrajudicial murder of Jean Charles de Menezes, Dick's cynical deployment of her identity to deflect critique, the spy cops scandal, the botched investigation into gay serial killer Stephen Port, the Met's dismal record on race, and the protests that finally forced Dick out. ----more---- SOURCES: Ramzy Alwakeel, “I Covered Stephen Port's Murders. I Know Cressida Dick's Departure Isn't Enough,” OpenDemocracy, accessed February 22, 2022, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/cressida-dick-resignation-met-police-stephen-ports-murders/ Anonymous, “Gangs Violence Matrix and Black Londoners,” Text, Mayor's Question Time, December 10, 2018, https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/5242 Jason Bennetto, “We Are Still Racist, Police Chief Admits,” The Independent, April 21, 2003, sec. News, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/we-are-still-racist-police-chief-admits-116145.html Owen Bowcott and Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent, “Jean Charles de Menezes: Family Lose Fight for Police Officers to Be Prosecuted,” The Guardian, March 30, 2016, sec. UK news, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/30/jean-charles-de-menezes-police-officers-shouldshould-not-be-prosecuted-echr Graham Bowley, “Police Erred in Shooting in London, Report Finds,” The New York Times, August 18, 2005, sec. World, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/world/europe/police-erred-in-shooting-in-london-report-finds.html Caroline Davies, “Stephen Port Laptop Not Inspected until He Had Killed Three Times, Inquest Told,” The Guardian, October 13, 2021, sec. UK news, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/13/stephen-port-laptop-not-inspected-until-he-had-killed-three-times-inquest-told Vikram Dodd and Dan Sabbagh, “Daniel Morgan Murder: Inquiry Brands Met Police ‘Institutionally Corrupt,'” The Guardian, June 15, 2021, sec. UK news, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/15/daniel-morgan-met-chief-censured-for-hampering-corruption-inquiry Jamie Grierson and Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent, “Met Carried out 22,000 Searches on Young Black Men during Lockdown,” The Guardian, July 8, 2020, sec. Law, https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/08/one-in-10-of-londons-young-black-males-stopped-by-police-in-may Mark Hughes, “Seven Mistakes That Cost De Menezes His Life,” The Independent, December 13, 2008, sec. News, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/seven-mistakes-that-cost-de-menezes-his-life-1064466.html Marina Hyde, “Farewell, Cressida Dick, the Met Chief Only Interested in One Thing: Ignoring Bad Coppers,” The Guardian, February 11, 2022, sec. Opinion, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/11/farewell-cressida-dick-the-met-chief-only-interested-in-one-thing-ignoring-bad-coppers Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, “Secrets and Lies: Untangling the UK ‘spy Cops' Scandal,” The Guardian, October 28, 2020, sec. UK news, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/28/secrets-and-lies-untangling-the-uk-spy-cops-scandal Ben Quinn, “Macpherson Report: What Was It and What Impact Did It Have?,” The Guardian, February 22, 2019, sec. UK news, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/22/macpherson-report-what-was-it-and-what-impact-did-it-have Alex S. Vitale, “Cressida Dick Isn't the Problem. The Police Are the Problem,” OpenDemocracy, accessed February 22, 2022, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/cressida-dick-metropolitan-police-alex-vitale/ “Trapped in the Gangs Matrix” (Amnesty International, May 2020), https://www.amnesty.org.uk/london-trident-gangs-matrix-metropolitan-police “Review Identifies Eleven Opportunities for the Met to Improve on Stop and Search | Independent Office for Police Conduct” (Independent Office for Police Conduct, October 2020), https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/review-identifies-eleven-opportunities-met-improve-stop-and-search “Stephen Port: How Met Failings Contributed to the Deaths of Three Men,” BBC News, December 10, 2021, sec. UK, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59576717. We also encourage people listening to this episode to learn more about organizations combating police violence. Here are some organizations in the UK and around the world engaged in activist work related to this episode:   London Campaign against Police and State Violence http://lcapsv.net/ United Friends and Families Campaign https://uffcampaign.org/ Sisters Uncut https://www.sistersuncut.org/ Inquest  - a charity that focuses on getting truth and accountability for state related deaths https://www.inquest.org.uk/ https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/   Kampagne für Opfer Rassistische Polizeigewalt Berlin: https://kop-berlin.de/   Critical Resistance resources on police abolition for US listeners: https://criticalresistance.org/abolish-policing/   Also, follow local Copwatches on Twitter: @HackneyCopWatch @N15Copwatch @LambethCopwatch @CopwatchSthwrk @bizziewatch @MCRcopwatch @BristolCopwatch @KidsOfColourHQ @npolicemonitor    Our intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.

Mina Smallman, the mother of the murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman is one of the key women who called for Dame Cressida Dick to resign from her position as Metropolitan Commissioner. As negotiations continue on when Dame Cressida will leave, we get Mina's reaction. Do we need a family planning one as well? Lawyer Natalie Sutherland has become one of Britain's first fertility officers and Becky Kearns is co-founder of ‘Fertility Matters at Work.' They talk to us about why more companies should consider appointing one. During lockdown, full-time carer and former history teacher, Joanna Williams sat down at her kitchen table and wrote the biography of 'The Great Miss Lydia Becker.' She thought the world needed to know about the 19th Century Manchester suffragist - beyond the few lines she had found in a text book. Children aged between 5-11 in all four nations of the UK are to be offered a low dose of the Covid vaccine. Dr Elizabeth Mann, an immunologist at the Lydia Becker Institute at the University of Manchester and Naomi Grimley, BBC Global Health Correspondent joins us. Prince Andrew has reached an out of court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. He has always denied the allegations and hasn't admitted any liability. Georgina Calvert-Lee, an employment and equality lawyer at McAllister Olivarius and expert on NDAs and MP Jess Phillips, Labour's Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding discuss. One mum in the US was left shocked when she told her nurse one of her twin daughter's names, only to be laughed at for it. She posted a video to her TikTok account which went viral. We talk to SJ Strum, who has a YouTube channel and blog which offers baby naming advice.

There was a catalogue of police mistakes, police crimes, and a belief the Met was rotten. Then the inquiries, reports, and apology after apology. And yet still the head of the Metropolitan Police Service, Dame Cressida Dick, stayed in place. Until last week. Today, Simon Israel, our former Senior Home Affairs correspondent, looks back at the tenure of Dame Cressida Dick and the long journey to change the culture in the Met Police and discusses whether the canteen culture that has been revealed over the past few years, can really be weeded out.

In a week where: Dame Cressida Dick resigns as Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Russia & US evacuate diplomats from Ukraine. LA Rams win SuperBowl 56. Russian ice dancer Kamila Valieva is cleared to continue competing after failing a drug test. Andrew & Virginia Giuffre reach a settlement over sexual abuse claims. In Film/TV: (8:38) "Bel-Air", the dramatic reboot of the comedy classic "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" has come through after originating as a viral short. Is "Bel-Air" the future of the TV reboot?In Society: (21:26) The concept of free speech is still something that is hard to grasp at times, but like most things, you can learn from history. So let's take a trip to 17th Century Britain.In Race & Society: (31:39) The term "decolonisation" is one of those buzzwords that people love blowing up about without actually looking into it.  But was it ever part of the "culture war"?Lastly, in Music: (49:56) We've heard it before, "you look like a person that listens to...". We always see our tastes in music as an extension of ourselves. But some say your music tastes actually say nothing about you.Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?"Rate & ReviewE-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.comTwitter & IG: @5thElement_UK5E Community DiscordWebsite: www.the5thelement.org.uk/5epnIntro Music - "Too Much" By VanillaInterlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHighChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence

The resignation of Dame Cressida Dick leaves a vacuum at the top of Britain's biggest police force. What eroded London mayor Sadiq Khan's confidence in the former commissioner? And what does it mean for the future of the Met?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Fiona Hamilton, Crime and Security Editor, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Sky News, BBC, Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, Times Radio, LBC. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dame Cressida Dick stepped down as Metropolitan Police Commissioner after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had ‘lost faith' in her. Her time in charge was marked by controversies and accusations of institutional racism and sexism within the force. So how will her replacement as the country's most senior officer fix those failures, and clean up the Met's tarnished image? On the Sky News Daily podcast Shingi Mararike is joined by our crime correspondent Martin Brunt. Also, John Pape a friend of Gabriel Kovari, who was murdered by Stephen Port, Dr Koshka Duff, who got an apology for the way she was treated by officers, and Chris Excell, Chair of the Met Black Police Association. Daily podcast team: Editor - Philly Beaumont Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce Podcast producers - Rosie Gillott & Soila Apparicio Junior podcast producer - Aishah Rahman Interviews producer - Reece Denton Digital producer - David Chipakupaku Archive - Simon Windsor, Nelly Stefanova & Rob Fellowes

PARENTS have blasted a school's decision to go permanently "meat free". Students at Barrowford Primary School near Nelson, Lancashire, are only offered vegetarian dinners - and kids are also urged not to bring meat in their packed lunches. The new rule was brought in last year, but a letter informing parents of the change was only sent out on Thursday. .Primary school staff on the Isle of Wight warned a six-year-old boy's parents that he may be deemed 'transphobic' if he were to question another pupil wearing a dress. Sally and Nigel Rowe, whose sons attended a Church of England school, say they received a letter from the headteacher and chair of governors which declared pupils could be seen as transphobic if they showed 'an inability to believe a transgender person is actually a ''real'' female or male.' US-founded Roblox, which allows users to create and play their own games, is popular with young children between the ages of nine and 12. The existence of rooms built for explicit activity has sparked concern young children could accidentally stumble into them. Games found by the BBC feature a naked man wearing just a dog collar and a lead, a man in a Nazi uniform, and a group watching a couple having sex. Avatars are able to communicate with each other through dialogue boxes, meaning adults with ill- intent could speak in an inappropriate way with children on the game. The majority of children aged five and younger are not meeting screen time limits, global analysis suggests. Only a quarter of children under two, and one in three aged two to five, are meeting international recommendations, according to the study. Global guidelines suggest infants younger than two avoid screen time altogether, while children aged two to five should spend no more than an hour a day in front of one. A row has broken out between Dame Cressida Dick and Sadiq Khan over the out-going Metropolitan Police Chief's exit payoff, according to reports. After her dramatic resignation on Thursday, Dame Cressida is in line for a payout of more than £500,000 on top of a £160,000-a-year gold-plated pension in what has been described as a 'dreadful reward for failure'.

Dame Cressida Dick resigned as the Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, after the Mayor of London declared he has lost confidence in her plans to improve the culture of the organisation. This followed recent revelations of the conduct of certain police officers who had shared racist, homophobic and misogynistic views through WhatsApp messages. Leaders are critical to an organisational culture and this case highlights the expectation on leaders, and the impact they can have.  

Unusually for this show, which normally focuses on long departed historical figures, today we're going to talk about someone who's still very much in the news. Until last week, she was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London's police force, and was the first woman and the first LBGTQ person to hold the rank, Dame Cressida Dick. Today, part one of two: we begin telling Dick's life story and then delve into the history of the Met, its relationship with LGBTQ people, and the conflicting strands of LGBTQ politics that emphasize conflict vs collaboration with the police. Next week: more on Dick herself and her checkered career in the force. ----more---- SOURCES: Many of the sources we used to research this episode will be cited in next week's show notes. For this week: Matt Houlbrook, Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2006 Maya Lothian-Maclean, “Lords of the Manor,” Human Resources, accessed February 15, 2022, https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/human-resources/id1565249472. Asa Seresin, “Lesbian Fascism on TERF Island,” Asa Seresin (blog), February 11, 2021, https://asaseresin.com/2021/02/11/lesbian-fascism-on-terf-island/ “‎Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder,” accessed February 15, 2022, https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/untold-the-daniel-morgan-murder/id1114802610. We also encourage people listening to this episode to learn more about organizations combating police violence. Here are four organizations in the UK related to this episode - next week we will add more resources to the show notes with similar groups in the other areas where we have the highest listenership:   London Campaign against Police and State Violence http://lcapsv.net/ United Friends and Families Campaign https://uffcampaign.org/ Sisters Uncut https://www.sistersuncut.org/ Inquest  - a charity that focuses on getting truth and accountability for state related deaths https://www.inquest.org.uk/ Our intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.

Dame Cressida Dick resigned as Metropolitan Police Commissioner this week after losing the confidence of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Justin Webb speaks to Ian Blair, who himself stepped down as commissioner when he lost the support of then Mayor Boris Johnson. Lord Blair argues that either the Met should lose responsibility for all matters other than policing London or go back to the old system where the Home Secretary should be responsible for the hiring and firing of the commissioner. (Image Credit: EPA)

The Metropolitan Police is without a Commissioner following the resignation of Dame Cressida Dick as London's police chief. A recent report about racist and sexist officers was one of many controversies she faced. Among the cases covered by Psycho Killer are:- The murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, a serving police officer (https://bit.ly/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens)- The murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman by Danyal Hussein (https://bit.ly/danyal-hussein)- The investigation into Stephen Port, the Gridr Killer (https://bit.ly/grindr-killer)Former West Yorkshire DCS Bob Taylor is a critic of Dame Cressida. In an interview with Simon Ford recorded in October 2021, he held her responsible for the Met's failings. Simon Ford asked DCS (Ret) Taylor: what would he do to put the Met's house in order?

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This week, Colin & James discuss the Sue Gray report, Boris says sorry, his Jimmy Savile comment, Dame Cressida Dick and the Met Police, David Goodwillie joining Raith Rovers, Russia-Ukraine latest, more Spotify & Joe Rogan fallout, offense archaeology, the 2022 Oscar nominations - plus reviews of The Matrix Resurrections, Encanto, and Wheel of Time.

There are concerns about yet another spate of catapult attacks in Ashford. This time, a Sainsbury's driver and a boy sat in his bedroom playing computers games have been targeted. Hear from our reporter Alex Jee. Also in today's podcast, there's more reaction to news our council tax bills will be going up. From April, the average band D home will be paying £1,461 a year - that's an increase of £43. Hear from the man in charge of finance at the county council along with the council leader and Labour leader. The partner of a Gravesend man killed by serial killer Stephen Port has spoken out following the resignation of Dame Cressida Dick as Met Police commissioner. Find out what some of Kent's MPs have also posted on their socials. A ship which rescued thousand of soldiers from Dunkirk during the Second World War is set to welcome visitors in Gillingham this weekend after a huge restoration. The Medway Queen underwent a five-month revamp at the Royal Harbour in Ramsgate last year. Historic buildings and parts of Rochester are going to be transformed over the next two nights, as part of a new festival. Medway Light Nights is aiming to inspire hope and bring people together. And in sport, Gillingham make the long journey north to take on Morecambe this weekend. Neil Harris' side are still five points from safety in league one but have picked up two wins from their three games since he took over as manager.

Priti Patel says whoever replaces Dame Cressida Dick must restore trust in the force.

Dame Cressida Dick, the first woman to lead the Metropolitan Police has resigned. We've covered every twist and turn of the many high profile crimes against women and girls involving the Met Police over the last two years. We get reaction from Kristina O'Connor, the daughter of Des O'Connor, who has her own experience of inappropriate Met Police behaviour. Also, Jamie Klingler from Reclaim These Streets, Zoe Billingham who's the former Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary and Harriet Wistrich, Director of the Centre for Women's Justice. We hear from Tukwini Mandela, one of Nelson Mandela's oldest grandchildren. Thirty two years to the day, Nelson Mandala was released from Robben Island. Tukwini is here to explore how much the UK population really knows about black history. We speak to Marie Penman who left her job with the charity-side of Raith Rovers football club because it signed David Goodwillie. He was the player who a Scottish civil court found to have raped a woman. Sheila Ferguson. who used to be one of the Three Degrees. is now in a new production of Chicago which is on tour. Sheila joins Anita to talk about new love, dating and hanging out with musical legends when she first started out.

Newscast talks policing culture with the Culture Editor, Katie Razzall, who's sitting in for Adam. She chats to the BBC's Tom Symonds about what's happened since Dame Cressida Dick resigned. We hear from Rufus Norris (at the National Theatre) and Erica Whyman (at the Royal Shakespeare Company) about what the industry has been through over the last few years, as well as their hopes for the future. Louis Theroux is back to talk about his new doc series. And Gogglebox's Scarlett Moffatt makes an appearance too! This episode of Newscast was made by John Murphy, Georgia Coan, Ben Cooper and Danny Wittenberg. The studio director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

Dame Cressida Dick resigns as Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Western leaders are warning of new, alarming new military escalation as Russian troops have been involved in live-fire drills in Belarus. We have an interview with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss who was in Moscow to speak with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Also on the programme: Canadian trucker protests have forced car plant shutdowns and a new major border crossing has been blocked; and the first woman to head the London Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, has resigned in the aftermath of a recent report that found serious evidence of police misconduct. (Photo: Russian navy ships passed through the Bosphorus from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea. Credit: Getty Images)

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick she has just “days and weeks” to save her job.She's been tasked with rooting out racist and sexist officers and restoring public trust in the force.It follows the outcry over the racist, misogynistic and other abusive misconduct by officers at Charing Cross police station, which was exposed last week by the IOPC.The Evening Standard's Home Affairs Editor Martin Bentham discusses Sadiq Khan's warning to the Met Police Commissioner, and whether this is the beginning of the end for Dame Cressida Dick.Meanwhile - Check our our brand new business podcast An Invitation to Meet: https://pod.fo/e/10a2d1 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Disgraceful" misogyny, discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment have been discovered within the ranks of the Met Police by the police watchdog. Officers were found to have joked about rape and exchanged offensive social media messages, leading to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) to make 15 recommendations. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has been put "on notice" by the Mayor of London after "shocking" behaviour by some officers was found. Today's Mishal Husain speaks to London Mayor Sadiq Khan about what the commissioner must do now to tackle these issues. (Image credit: EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA)

Pressure is mounting on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the UK's Metropolitan Police announced it will investigate multiple events at Downing Street and across government - to see whether there were breaches of Covid-19 restrictions. The commissioner of Britain's biggest force, Dame Cressida Dick, confirmed her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking as a result of information provided to them by civil servants. She didn't specify which events are under investigation although it has been widely reported that an event on the Prime Minister's birthday in June, 2020, has come to light. Johnson is said to have been given a cake. BBC political correspondent Rob Watson spoke to Morning Report.

As a LBC poll shows trust in the Metropolitan Police is fraying, Dame Cressida Dick takes your calls on Nick Ferrari at Breakfast.

In this episode of HJ Talks about Abuse podcast, the abuse team discuss an investigation of the Byline Intelligence Team into Police Officers Sexual Misconduct. The investigation was conducted by making multiply freedom of information requests and by using publicly available data in relation to police officers. It comes in response to the devastating case of Ms Sarah Everard, who was murdered by a serving MET police officer in March 2021. The aim of the investigation was to address the accountability and wider failings of the police force in tackling male violence against women and girls. Particularly, after the failure of the MET police to dismiss Mr Couzens until after his guilty plea in July 2021, four months after Ms Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by him. In response to Couzens' guilty plea, the MET police Commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, said “on occasion, I have a bad ‘un”. This suggests that it is incredibly unusual for police officers to be involved in any sexual misconduct, however, the investigation suggests otherwise. The investigations key conclusions included: In 31 misconduct hearings, between 2017 and 2020 41% of MET police officers who were subject to disciplinary proceedings for sexual misconduct retained their roles following the decision. 52% of MET police officers who were found to have committed sexual misconduct stayed in their posts. Of MET police officers accused of sexual offences, 89% were male. Of Suffolk and Norfolk constabularies, 70% of officers found to have committed sexual misconduct stayed in their posts. In West Yorkshire, much of the sexual misconduct (44%) was found to have been committed against female colleagues who were also police officers. These figures are shocking when you consider the role of a police officer; undoubtably one of power and that is meant to promote public trust and confidence. This research seems to suggest that the disciplinary process is too lenient on its officers accused of sexual misconduct. However, the difficulty with the research is that it is of a small subject area and is gathered from various sources (freedom of information requests from each department and publicly available data). Therefore, it lacks detail regarding who the allegations are made by, what the allegations are (including the level of severity), and the reasons why the police officers were (or weren't as the case may be) kept in post. We hope that the UK police force acknowledges this report and identifies that the first step is to improve their own internal reporting and transparency. If there is far better record keeping of the various police departments, which is transparent and can be reported on, then this in turn would result in research being appropriately gathered and patterns of failings being identified. Ultimately then changes can be identified to improve this situation. We encourage anyone who has comments or concerns relating to this subject, or about abuse in general, to get in touch with Alan Collins at Alan.collins@hughjames.com or Feleena Grosvenor at Feleena.grosvenor@hughjames.com.   Sources: More Than Half of Met Police Officers Found Guilty of Sexual Misconduct Kept their Jobs – Byline Times

Fortnite creators Epic Games have filed an appeal against the recent court ruling with Apple. A federal judge decided the firm violated the Apple App store's terms by offering in-game currency direct. Meanwhile, Apple's Iphone13 is expected to be announced tomorrow. Dame Cressida Dick's accusing tech firms of failing to do enough to protect users from terrorism. A mum who lost all four of her limbs has been given a bionic arm. Google forces another Discord music bot offline, and, how are Gen Z's discovering new music today? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nigel Farage gives his thoughts on Michel Barnier, he reacts to news that Dame Cressida Dick could bet set for a two year extension as the head of the Met Police, questions whether the Conservative party are conservatives, Talking Pints with adventurer and author Adrian Hayes, and Priti Patel's plans to turn back migrant boats in the channel. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a grand house in South London, a group of seven remarkable people gathered together for the first time - all victims of or witnesses to gross injustices at the hands of the police. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright spoke to victims of bungled cases, corruption and the inept investigation of false abuse claims - from Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was brutally killed by racist thugs in 1993, to Lady Brittan, whose late husband Leon (an ex Tory Home Secretary) was hounded by police over ludicrous false sex abuse allegations, and Alastair Morgan, whose brother, private eye Daniel Morgan, was the victim of an infamous (and still unsolved) axe murder in 1987. All had one thing in common - they felt they had been failed by the Metropolitan Police, and were to sign a letter calling for Dame Cressida Dick's tenure as Commissioner to not be extended and a shake up of the police watchdog. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Met police officer from Kent has admitted murdering Sarah Everard. Wayne Couzens, who lived in Deal, appeared via video link at the Old Bailey earlier. The 48-year-old had previously admitted kidnapping and raping 33-year-old Sarah who disappeared while walking home in London in March. Her body was found in woodland near Ashford a week later. Hear from Met commissioner Dame Cressida Dick and the Crown Prosecution Service. Also in today's podcast, we've been for a look around Kent's nuclear power station, Dungeness B, as work gets under way to take it offline. Summer camps are going to be running in Kent to make sure children don't go hungry when they're out of school. And we've been chatting to a Harry Kane lookalike and an Italian who lives in Kent ahead of the Euro2020 final between England and Italy this weekend.

When Alma-Constance discussed the age of criminal responsibility starting at 10 years old in England and Wales with DPP director Max Hill QC (in our episode 2), Max talked about the police investigating when people commit crimes. Alma-Constance was curious to know more about the work the police do and how it affects children. Our guest for this episode - to tackle these questions -  was Dame Cressida Dick, who is the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service which means she is head of the police force in London. The Met is one of the 45 police forces in the UK - the force, by officer numbers, is the largest in the United Kingdom by a significant margin, and one of the biggest in the world. Alma quizzes Cressida on what happens if a child is suspected of a crime, the role of police officers in schools, changes in crime levels since the pandemic and how girls can keep safe at school and elsewhere.Cressida tells her how, at 10, she was a shy but active child who enjoyed sports and the outdoors, was ‘not brilliant' at school work, was untidy and ‘quite naughty'.  She puts her success down a love of the job and hard work as well as the support and confidence given to her by those around her growing up who gave her a sense she could achieve whatever she wanted to. She recounts the first arrest she ever made, in Soho in 1984, of a man attempting to break into a red telephone box with a screwdriver.   You can read more about the Metropolitan Police and the police and how the get involved in children's lives:https://www.met.police.uk/cy-GB/heddluoedd/metropolitan-police/areas/campaigns/2018/celebrating-100-years-of-women-policing-in-london/100-years-strong/cressida-dick/https://www.met.police.uk/notices/met/commissioner-statement-working-with-londons-communities-build-further-trust-confidence-police/https://www.police.uk/pu/support-services/support-children-young-people-crime/https://www.gov.uk/if-my-child-gets-in-trouble-with-policeAlso if you need to ask some legal questions and need guidance: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/children-and-young-people/child-abuse/police-involvement/child-abuse-police-involvement/Alma-Constance and Lucinda would love to hear from you! Tell us what you think of our episode, and if you've got any questions,  ideas about a topic or someone you'd like us to interview,  please  contact us through the website, kidslaw.info  or on social media  on Twitter @KidsLawInfo, Facebook and Instagram @KidsLawInfo You can also email us: kidslaw@spark21.orgPlease subscribe, rate, and share with your friends. See you in the next episode!

In London, the Metropolitan Police (the Met) are the force responsible for the incredibly complex task of keeping Londoners safe. At the helm of the Met is Dame Cressida Dick, the first woman to ever hold that position.Cressida speaks with Julia about her career path to the Met, and what it's been like to manage the police force in London through the pandemic.They also discuss murder of Sarah Everard and the policing of the vigil that followed, and how Cressida felt when she first found out the accused murderer was a serving Met police officer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.