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Panorama - Season 2025 Episode 30 -
Undercover in the Police
Undercover in the Police
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00:00Undercover in the Metropolitan Police.
00:17This is an off-duty police officer
00:20saying what he really thinks about immigrants.
00:30Two and a half years ago,
00:33the Met was found to be institutionally racist,
00:36homophobic and misogynistic.
00:39Oh, awesome.
00:42I paid money to go to clubs and see women dressed like this.
00:46The force says it's changed.
00:49We've been undercover to see if it has.
00:52Oh, legend.
00:54We filmed officers who don't appear to believe women
00:56when they report being victims of crime.
00:59It's really pregnant, trying to get rid of them.
01:02That's what she says.
01:04Officers displaying racist and discriminatory attitudes.
01:08Islam is a problem.
01:10A serious problem, I think.
01:12Muslims hate us.
01:14Fucking hate us.
01:15Proper hate us.
01:16And revelling in the use of force.
01:18He's gone. He's both right. He's just gone.
01:23And he's gone.
01:26Evidence of a toxic culture that,
01:29far from being driven out of the Met,
01:31has just been driven underground.
01:33Who can I fucking trust here?
01:37Someone new joints.
01:39Yeah.
01:40You've got to figure them out.
01:42Don't fucking talk us all into a fucking big complaint.
01:46This is the story of seven months undercover
01:49inside the Metropolitan Police.
01:52It feels like watching a TV drama about bad cops,
01:56but this is real.
01:57It's not the police station!
01:59We are in a police station.
02:00Welcome to Charing Cross.
02:03Welcome to Charing Cross.
02:17In the heart of London,
02:18right next to Trafalgar Square,
02:22Charing Cross Police Station.
02:24My colleague Rory's going undercover.
02:31Recording what he finds using specially built secret cameras.
02:40What are you doing?
02:41Yeah, all good.
02:42He's got a job as a designated detention officer.
02:45It means he's part of the Met, but not a police officer.
02:49So you walked through the door of a custody suite.
02:53What was it like?
02:54Sometimes very little was going on,
02:57but Thursday, Friday, Saturday night,
02:59it can just liven up and go from zero to a hundred like that.
03:10Charing Cross has one of the Met's 22 custody suites.
03:14It operates 24 hours a day.
03:17It's where arrested people are processed and held
03:20until they're taken to court or released.
03:22Can you speak to a sergeant?
03:23They're all busy at the moment.
03:24Can I pass on a message for you?
03:25Before he started working here,
03:40Rory was given seven weeks training by the Met.
03:43Working in custody can be really tough.
03:46The team have to deal with difficult and sometimes violent people.
03:51What the fuck?
03:52What the fuck?
03:53What the fuck?
03:54What the fuck?
03:55I'm your fan, yeah?
03:56We're not playing all the games, you know?
03:59There are people with mental health problems.
04:03Some are on drugs.
04:05So you saw it's some crack, right?
04:07Yeah?
04:08Rory's duties include making sure detainees are fed and watered.
04:13Bring the buzzer for anything else, yeah?
04:17Above all else, his job is to help keep them safe.
04:20The Met employs more than 33,000 police officers.
04:32Rory's job in Charing Cross allows him to observe without joining their ranks.
04:37You're welcome, mate.
04:44Running the custody suite are sergeants, officers in charge day to day.
04:50On each shift there are usually three of them.
04:53The welfare of anyone who's arrested and detained in a police station,
04:57the buck stops with the sergeant.
04:59They authorise the detention in the first place, it's on them.
05:02That's their job.
05:04They're also responsible for upholding values and ethical standards.
05:09Sergeant Joe McIlvenny and Sergeant Robinson
05:12are two of the three in charge today.
05:19It could be that she's been raped from...
05:22This officer is telling them about a rape allegation
05:25that's being investigated.
05:27Two male suspects have been arrested
05:29and booked in by another sergeant.
05:31The sergeants don't appear to be taking the rape allegations seriously.
05:32And she's woken up here.
05:33The sergeants don't appear to be taking the rape allegations seriously.
05:34The sergeants don't appear to be taking the rape allegations seriously.
05:35The sergeants don't appear to be taking the rape allegations seriously.
05:37The sergeants don't appear to be taking the rape allegations seriously.
05:42And she's woken up momentarily.
05:43And then passed out again.
05:44Yeah.
05:45That's all she's got.
05:46Yeah.
05:47And that's all she's got.
05:48Yeah.
05:49Well, she does give them some description, hasn't she?
05:50Yeah, but that's one she's been unconscious.
05:51Maybe one of them might be orange with green hair, obviously.
05:52Yeah.
05:53Yeah.
05:54Well, a lumpa lumpa.
05:55Yeah.
05:56All right.
05:57You're tall enough.
05:58Oh boy.
05:59Oh boy.
06:00Yeah.
06:01Yeah.
06:02Yeah.
06:03Yeah.
06:04Yeah.
06:05Yeah.
06:06Yeah.
06:07Yeah.
06:08Yeah.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Yeah.
06:11Yeah, but that's the one she's been unconscious.
06:12Maybe one of them might be orange with green hair.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Obviously.
06:17Yeah.
06:18Oh, a lumpa lumpa.
06:19Yeah.
06:21Sorry to tell them.
06:22Oh, boy.
06:23Oh, boy.
06:24Oh, boy.
06:25Yeah.
06:26Four and a half years ago, the Met was accused of failing to prioritise crimes against women
06:39and girls. A metropolitan police officer has been arrested in connection with the disappearance
06:46of Sarah Everard in South London. It followed the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving
06:53police officer Wayne Cousins. The Met commissioned an independent report into its behaviour and
07:00culture. Baroness Louise Casey concluded the force was institutionally misogynistic, homophobic
07:08and racist. There is, without doubt, a discriminatory culture right across the Metropolitan Police.
07:17The Met is not able to assure all of us that its officers are of sufficient integrity and
07:24standards to be serving police officers, so it needs to clean itself up.
07:32Sir Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, didn't accept that problems in his
07:36force were institutional, but he promised change. I understand her use of the term institutional.
07:44It's not a term I use myself. I'm absolutely determined that on my watch, we are slowly reducing
07:50the risk that we have people in the organisation who don't have the integrity the public would
07:54expect.
07:58Whistleblowers have told Panorama that the Met still has a problem with misogyny and racism
08:03and pointed us towards Charing Cross Police Station.
08:08Cheers, madam.
08:10You're a bitch, man.
08:12You're handcuff brave.
08:14Suck your mum.
08:15I bet you're not.
08:15No, no, no, we've got to suck your mum.
08:17The sergeant booking the man into custody is Joe McIlvenny.
08:23He's an old hand, with nearly 20 years' service in the Met.
08:27A woman's just been brought in, arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
08:42She's wearing a fancy dress police uniform.
08:46Sergeant McIlvenny seems particularly interested in her.
08:51What's that?
08:52She's wearing a leather police outfit.
08:53I've paid money to go to clubs and see women dressed like this.
09:09That's Sergeant McIlvenny making the sound of a siren as he heads to where the woman is
09:13going to be searched.
09:16He's going for it.
09:17I've just never seen him react that way to an arrested person being brought into detention.
09:27He shot up from his seat, he looked on the CCTV monitor, and then he went down to the cage
09:32to oversee the search of the woman.
09:35It made me feel uncomfortable.
09:37What was your impression of what he was doing?
09:39It just felt really seedy.
09:41The next day, Sergeant McIlvenny tells Rory and a female colleague about a woman he says
09:47he met online.
09:49The language he uses is very crude.
09:51He had this way that the conversation could be about what you had for breakfast, and he'd turn
10:21it into a conversation about sex.
10:23I mean, I've watched the footage.
10:25How often was he like this?
10:27It was relentless.
10:28When he was on shift, there was a very high chance that there would be a comment like the
10:33comments I filmed him make.
10:37Sergeant McIlvenny tells Rory and his female colleagues how he gets sexual pleasure from
10:42having his nipples played with.
10:45He's at work, and this is a custody suite.
10:50If you ever get one of the eight of us in August, apparently if you haven't pierced,
10:55you can just give it a little tart to us.
10:56The next time you get you satisfied, give me a little...
10:58No, no, I'm serious.
11:01My face is black now.
11:04He says he wants his nipple pierced, and asks a female colleague who's told him she's had
11:09it done for advice.
11:12Then he goes even further and starts talking about masturbation.
11:17Yeah, I was thinking, right, because my pain tolerance goes up massively at the same time.
11:24Oh, God.
11:25So I'm going to ask you, um...
11:26What do you reckon?
11:30Would you mind about...
11:30We might be like, no, mate, see ya.
11:32How's he done?
11:33Oh!
11:34Yeah, imagine.
11:34Imagine!
11:34Imagine!
11:35Imagine!
11:36Imagine!
11:41Sue Fish was the temporary chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, and has agreed to
11:48view our evidence.
11:48He's so...
11:51He's absolutely vile, his attitudes and behaviours.
11:59And the, you know, the standard that he's setting for his shift and his team is absolutely
12:07despicable.
12:09Sue Fish spent her career in the police, retiring after 31 years of service.
12:16When I joined the police in the mid-80s, the sergeant was held to be the pivotal person.
12:21They still are.
12:22They set the tone for the shift.
12:25Earlier in her career, she ran misconduct hearings for officers accused of wrongdoing.
12:32I'm going to ask you, um...
12:34What I've seen and heard from this sergeant, it's completely inappropriate.
12:44Very misogynistic.
12:46I think it puts anyone else, male or female, that's junior, in an invidious position.
12:51Going down.
12:56Please mind the door.
12:59To investigate police culture, Rory needs to spend more time with officers.
13:04Inside the custody suite, they're usually busy, so he chats to them when they're on a break.
13:09I'd go out to the yard, which is, like, the centre of Charing Cross Police Station, where everyone smokes.
13:16I didn't find it hard to speak with people.
13:19What's difficult is to build relationships enough so that you can establish a level of trust with them.
13:25The yard is where police officers bring arrested people before booking them into custody.
13:41It's also where they get a bit of downtime.
13:45This is PC Brian Sharkey.
13:46PC Sharkey is one of the longest-serving officers Rory meets.
13:59Rory asks him about the job.
14:02It's a good job.
14:03I wonder if we talk anyone out of it.
14:04I'll make sure they have their eyes fully wide open for their fucking enjoyment.
14:07And they're going to give a fuck the whole load of grief.
14:10Just to turn the right back.
14:11He's got the toe leg.
14:13We know he's up to no good.
14:14Yeah.
14:15You don't find anything on him.
14:16You're stopping me because I'm black.
14:18You're stopping me because I'm this.
14:19Yeah.
14:20Because I'm that.
14:21And then he has to get all the mouth full of shit from him.
14:25After several chats, Rory gets himself invited to the pub with PC Sharkey and his team.
14:32I'm sorry, Brian.
14:35That's a problem.
14:36I'll see you now.
14:37I'm bossing.
14:38Sexual offence.
14:40Complaints again.
14:42Oh, no, no.
14:43Oh, I'm going to get accused.
14:45The last one's about to do it then.
14:47At least we're a fan of himself, Brian.
14:53Rory's been told an officer's been disciplined for tucking in another officer's shirt.
14:58The team appear to be joking about it.
15:02PC Sharkey's on his first pint.
15:04Now you're down for a sexual sock, and I don't want to go down for a week.
15:10Sorry about that.
15:11He has some whiskey.
15:13There he is.
15:14Nothing.
15:17Put a little back of your head.
15:19That was a bit of a...
15:20I've said it to myself.
15:24I fucking trust here.
15:25Then one of the other officers starts talking about another incident.
15:37PC Sharkey shuts it down.
15:39Trust is hard won here.
15:55Officers are cautious until they get to know new colleagues.
15:57That conversation says, right, new person, mask goes on.
16:21What impression did you get coming away from that?
16:23My overall feeling was, we've got a mountain to climb here,
16:26because the level of secrecy is...
16:27I didn't realise how deep-rooted it was.
16:30I didn't realise how hard it was going to be to break into this culture.
16:33They're all holding back all the time,
16:35unless they're absolutely certain that they can trust you.
16:40Back in the yard, Rory's trying to get to know more officers.
16:44What's your name, anyway? I've never caught it.
16:46I'm Rory. Nice to meet you.
16:47Nice to meet you, mate.
16:47P.C. Martin Borg says he's been with the Met for five years.
16:53Well, I'll say about 95% of people comply on arrest.
16:59Two and a half percent are mad.
17:01The other two and a half percent are actually trying to get away,
17:02trying to fight her.
17:03Yeah.
17:04Do you enjoy the scraps?
17:05Yeah, big time. That's why I joined the job for, mate.
17:07Yeah, 100%.
17:08I'm bonzy there, mate.
17:10100%, mate.
17:11Legal fucking scraps any day of the week.
17:14That's why I joined the job.
17:15Nick people.
17:16And to get in scraps.
17:17To get further behind the mask, Rory tries a new approach.
17:25He says he's thinking about becoming a fully-fledged officer.
17:30P.C. Borg offers to take him on patrol.
17:35Martin seems to take me under his wing.
17:38And he's one of the first officers that I really built a connection with in Charing Cross.
17:42All officers are required to follow standards of professional behaviour laid out in law.
17:50They're part of the police conduct regulations.
17:53One of the rules says officers must act with fairness and impartiality.
17:58They do not discriminate unlawfully or unfairly.
18:01If any of these rules are broken, officers can face serious consequences, up to and including dismissal.
18:10In the car with another officer driving, P.C. Borg describes what he dislikes about London.
18:19London is full of selfish people who are simple or closed-minded.
18:24They're only interested in themselves.
18:26Well, what makes London different like the other things?
18:29The melting pot.
18:30Yeah.
18:31What do you mean?
18:32Different cultures.
18:32The culture in the county has filled ye olde British to a linear extent.
18:38Here it's a different type of British.
18:40It's a melting pot British.
18:42Yeah.
18:42The officers chat about religion and then start talking about Islam.
18:49It always makes me laugh.
18:50You know, it's about bizarre.
18:52Don't eat talk.
18:53Do you drink?
18:54Yeah.
18:54Do you smoke?
18:55Yeah.
18:55Do you gamble?
18:56What's the fucking difference then?
18:57I don't believe you're what I want.
18:59Yeah.
19:00And that's fine, but you're a fucking hypocrite.
19:03Rory tells them there's been a mix-up with the food served in custody.
19:06We've been serving non-halal food by accident in custody for the last few weeks.
19:12They didn't tell anyone.
19:13Really?
19:13Yeah.
19:14They changed the whole menu and they didn't tell anyone.
19:17There is a sexual sex-size order.
19:21How open was he about his views?
19:23Martin would indicate that he had certain beliefs, certain views,
19:28specifically around Muslim communities in London.
19:30There was still an element of him that was quite guarded.
19:36The custody suite at Charing Cross has 24-hour surveillance, video and audio.
19:44Every cell, every corridor, and the custody desk is monitored.
19:50It's supposed to keep detainees and staff safe and can be used as evidence in court.
19:56Rory's supervisor, Sergeant McIlvenny, has authorised the detention of this man,
20:08arrested for possession of a flick knife.
20:11Officers need to search him to check he has nothing else on him,
20:15but he resists, so the search is done by force.
20:18He's there, being restrained on the floor.
20:38I just see McIlvenny just draw back and punch into the back of the guy's hamstring.
20:43They don't find anything else on him.
21:00Really surprised that he hasn't got nothing on him.
21:07Really surprised.
21:10I saw a little dig in the back of the guy.
21:13No, that was when I was trying to fall down.
21:18Sergeant McIlvenny ushers Rory into a corridor,
21:22away from the cameras and microphones in custody.
21:25He wants a quiet word.
21:26Be careful, BV, for your support.
21:31Sweet.
21:33That's all.
21:34Oh, OK.
21:35It doesn't sound right if it's playing back later.
21:38I've done a lot.
21:39Oh, here you go.
21:39Don't fucking talk us all into a fucking big complaint.
21:42I hear you.
21:43It's not always there.
21:43That's all.
21:44Yeah.
21:44I'm there.
21:44I'm still learning.
21:45No, I'm there.
21:46I'm there.
21:47It's not a biggie.
21:48It's not like, oh, fuck, you know, yeah.
21:50Fuck, you're the bollocks, who's awesome.
21:53I hear you, man.
21:53Which you might see sometimes.
21:56Yeah.
21:57He tells you to keep your mouth shut, doesn't he?
21:59Yeah.
22:00He punched the guy in the leg.
22:01I said dig to him at the time, but it was a punch.
22:04It just emphasises to me the level of caution people have about speaking in custody,
22:09because they know everything's being recorded.
22:11Later in the station yard, Rory talks to another of the three sergeants on duty,
22:17Sergeant Hume, about what happened.
22:19I said to Mike, I saw your little big mate, and then he pulled me outside, and he was
22:23like, be careful, because your camera's in custody, be brief, and I, for instance,
22:26and I was like, oh.
22:28Watch out.
22:29Yeah.
22:29I thought I was going to say, oh, these are pretty, because I haven't been beaten up.
22:35Yeah.
22:35And it's all recorded.
22:36What message are his sergeants giving him there?
22:48Being told to keep his mouth shut, and that it's quite legitimate to beat up people who
22:54are in custody.
22:54Both those messages are deeply disturbing.
22:57And that's coming from his bosses?
22:59Yes.
23:00Yes.
23:00The idea is to use the minimum, and that's the legal requirement, that's the legal test,
23:04to use the minimum requirement of force necessary, not the maximum that you can get away with.
23:11Officers deal with some violent detainees and are allowed to use force.
23:17The standards of professional behaviour say it should be proportionate and reasonable in
23:22all the circumstances.
23:23Back in the yard, officers speak quite openly about their use of force.
23:34This officer says he likes hurting people in custody if they refuse to be fingerprinted.
23:40I love taking fingerprints by force, because I'm like, give me your fingerprints.
23:44No, I'm going to break your fingers if you don't get them to me.
23:46My mates are going, so how do you take them by force?
23:48And when we grab their two fingers, and I put them down, and they went, yeah, and what happens
23:51if they don't?
23:52And so we grab the other two fingers, and you pull really hard, and it snaps the tendon,
23:56and they go, oh.
24:00In the canteen, an officer Rory's just met describes using force in the back of a police
24:06van on a man in leg restraints.
24:10I get over in the face five times.
24:13Five?
24:14Yeah.
24:15This wasn't quite enough.
24:16I get over in the face five fucking times, yeah, on the floor.
24:18The thing is, though, other than the last laugh, is when he's, like, stood up in the van,
24:22where a legist kept hitting his head on the top, started beating the shits out the back
24:26of his legs, and back, and whacked the shits out the back of his legs, trying to get him
24:28dropped to the floor, I mean.
24:30He's just smashing his head off the top.
24:32I was like, all right, fucking hell, fine.
24:33Fucking cave your legs in, then.
24:35If I must.
24:36Never got a complaint.
24:38There was always police brutality, but just fucking, just, like, five or six strikes,
24:42just fucking fight.
24:44It wasn't a good look.
24:45It was definitely a little bit of redness, then, but nothing came of it.
24:49Well, I'm sure you could justify it some way.
24:53I did, apparently.
24:54We don't know if these officers actually hurt people.
25:06Police officers worked a completely different shift pattern to me.
25:10Very often, I'd go out on my lunch break at two, three in the afternoon, if I was on a
25:14day shift, and I'd just see police officers piling into the pub, and I'd be like, that's
25:19where the conversations are had, that's where you need to get in.
25:22Two weeks after they went out on patrol, Rory gets an opportunity.
25:27He meets PC Martin Borg in a pub.
25:31It's a chance for a longer conversation, away from the CCTV and the station.
25:36It also means it's over a few drinks.
25:40The day before, PC Borg had been involved in restraining a detainee.
25:45Open the door, throw it up against the wall, throw it on the floor, cut all his drugs off.
25:48Back in custody, Rory finds video of the incident PC Borg has been describing, but he can't access
26:00the audio.
26:02You can see PC Borg bottom right.
26:05The custody notes say the detainees accused of multiple offences, including impersonating
26:11a police officer and attempted kidnap.
26:14They also say he's a suicide risk.
26:18No, it was quite funny looking at it.
26:19Well, yeah, he got there over us, and then he, what did you know?
26:22He pissed on the door, and he started stuffing his blanket down the toilet.
26:26Yeah.
26:27And Stampy come out and said, he spilled a blanket down the toilet.
26:30Do you want me to go down the toilet and do you want me to do that?
26:30Yes, ma'am.
26:31Yeah.
26:31PC Borg's talking about another custody sergeant, Steve Stamp, nicknamed Stampy.
26:41CCTV shows officers restraining the detained man on the floor.
26:46You can see Sergeant Stamp by the door.
26:50PC Borg describes what the sergeant does.
26:53And he's kicking out and Stampy scores his legs.
26:56Yeah.
26:56And please, I'm telling you, he's got his foot right.
26:58He's just gone.
27:01And he's, you know, you see someone's face, isn't it?
27:03Yeah.
27:05And this guy's, oh, shit, this guy.
27:07Where did he stamp on it?
27:08Don't think I'd like it.
27:10Oh, that hurts as well.
27:12He's got, with his boots.
27:14Yeah.
27:15He had a lump on his foot, and we've got a fucking tune.
27:17I've talked to him.
27:18Where did he stamp on my legs?
27:20Yeah, he's fucking deep.
27:20I've talked to him.
27:23CCTV shows sergeant Stamp stomp down twice.
27:34Open the door, throw him up against the wall, throw him on the floor,
27:36cut all these drugs off.
27:39No, it was quite funny looking at it.
27:41Funny.
27:43Funny.
27:44I mean, seriously, this is about summary justice.
27:48Brutal exercise, literally brutal exercise of power.
27:50This is the sergeant setting the standard of behaviour, which is gratuitous violence,
27:58demonstrating a complete disregard for the law and all his training and his position as a sergeant.
28:05Some people, yesterday, he knew the three of us out there, but he's kind of felt in a safe space.
28:10He came around and he was like,
28:12He tried to kick me.
28:13I said, yes, I did, sir.
28:13I was absolutely disappointed.
28:15Absolutely sorry.
28:16I didn't do so.
28:17Why haven't you say so?
28:18He was like, thank you very much, Mike.
28:20I'll put that MG-11.
28:21Like, gosh, yeah.
28:22You're right.
28:23You're right.
28:23An MG-11 is a witness statement.
28:28PC Borg is saying he and Sergeant Stamp discussed writing one up,
28:32saying the detainee had tried to kick the sergeant during the restraint.
28:37It's not clear from the footage whether the man tried to kick Sergeant Stamp.
28:41He's got nothing on his feet, and four officers were restraining him at the time.
28:49I support the sergeant.
28:50I don't know why.
28:50I don't know why.
28:51I support.
28:52Yeah.
28:52I absolutely can't.
28:55Unbelievable.
28:58MG-11, just for clarity, is a witness statement.
29:00I don't know whether he has put in his MG-11, but if he has...
29:03With false information.
29:04With false information, and it can be shown to be false,
29:07then that would be perverting the course of justice or conspiracy
29:11to pervert the course of justice,
29:13let alone the assault on the individual.
29:15Sam Pieden yesterday, he knew the truth was out there,
29:17but he's kind of dealt with a safe space.
29:20That officer, he is so confident
29:22that no-one is going to blow the whistle on him.
29:26And that's the strength of the culture
29:28that means that people like him and Sergeant Stamp
29:32can perpetuate these sorts of behaviours.
29:35Police conduct regulations say officers should challenge
29:39or take action against the conduct of colleagues,
29:42which has fallen below the standards of professional behaviour.
29:47Officers are also required to be honest and act with integrity.
29:52This officer also took part in the restraint overseen by Sergeant Stamp.
29:57No, I heard Stamp did have me good kicking anyway.
30:00Oh, yeah, he did, yeah, he was a cunt.
30:01Yeah, and when, you know, Stamp was doing whatever he was doing,
30:05I was like, interesting, what have we got here, innit?
30:07Yeah, it is.
30:09How many cameras are in here?
30:10Oh, one, yeah.
30:12See, oh, no, I've got...
30:13One, yeah, yeah.
30:15That was a dick.
30:16Six months, you're all the evil.
30:17And then come back to the day for a...
30:19But aren't they all?
30:20Aren't they all?
30:20They're out for six months.
30:22I'm telling you, he's got his boat ride.
30:25He's just gone.
30:25Dominic Grieve was Attorney General,
30:29the government's principal legal advisor
30:32under former Prime Minister David Cameron.
30:35He also agreed to look at our evidence.
30:37Thank you very much, Mike.
30:39That was how I put that into the evidence.
30:40Yeah, clearly.
30:42In this country, we set up the police force
30:45to do policing by consent.
30:48It creates a climate in which policing should then become easier.
30:52The sort of misbehaviour that we saw
30:55is likely to make policing in the long run more difficult.
30:59We've only filmed some officers at one station.
31:03But any police misconduct can have serious consequences.
31:06If the police misbehave, there is a high risk
31:10that if the case goes to court and the misbehaviour emerges,
31:14it will reduce the chances of getting a conviction of that person
31:17because there may be arguments over the way the evidence was collected,
31:21over the way the person was treated in custody,
31:24over whether any admissions that were made in interview
31:27were made under duress.
31:29The justice system is dependent on police officers
31:32behaving fairly and properly towards the people they arrest.
31:36Back at the pub, PC Borg's still talking about
31:39the incident in custody the previous day.
31:43He doesn't know the detainee's nationality,
31:46but says he thinks he came to the UK from Morocco.
31:49Look at that look we were saying yesterday
31:51about how when the time is right, he's got to bring himself up.
31:54And like, you know, we should hate all the British
31:56and like, we're not coming here because we like the country,
31:58we're coming here because we don't come and take over the country.
31:59And I was like, mate, it's like we've got fucking Tory Robertson
32:01on the road, mate.
32:02You know what I mean?
32:03Like, you're fucking cunt.
32:04Is it problematic the amount of, like, minorities,
32:06a lot of effort in minorities in, like, London, like, police?
32:09Well, I challenge you, when you're on shift,
32:11to look at the list and see how many are in custody.
32:13And I think there's the answer.
32:15That's a simple answer.
32:16Yeah.
32:17Yeah?
32:17It's not about whether you're...
32:18It's not about opinion, it's about facts.
32:20And the fact is, if you look at the list,
32:22the custody list, look how many members in there.
32:26Then there's the answer.
32:26Which is the most grief-y, do you reckon?
32:29Risks.
32:30Really?
32:31That's not.
32:32Hate us.
32:33It fucking hates us.
32:33Proper hate us.
32:35Isn't it?
32:35It's a problem.
32:36A serious problem, I think.
32:39At this point, PC Borg's on his second pint.
32:43A lot of coppers don't want to admit that,
32:44because it sounds racist.
32:45It sounds, you know, all the other isms that you've got.
32:47It's just the truth.
32:50Whether that's racism, isamophobia, homophobia,
32:53any of the isms, they're too scared to be called that,
32:56and they can't stand up for themselves.
32:59Police standards say officers should behave in a manner
33:02which does not discredit the police service
33:05or undermine public confidence in it,
33:07whether on or off duty.
33:10Anything they say or do that breaches the standards,
33:14wherever it is, can lead to disciplinary proceedings.
33:17It doesn't matter whether you're down the pub
33:20letting off some frustration, you're a cop.
33:23You have to behave differently to other people.
33:28There is a debate to be had about immigration,
33:30but to see a police officer, in essence,
33:33agreeing with division and hate feels deeply distressing.
33:39Policing often is times of high stress,
33:41and in times of high stress, you revert to type.
33:43A bigger, better you doesn't suddenly appear
33:45if you're a mean, narrow-minded bigot like he is.
33:49I will keep myself up with everything.
33:51It's not a great worry.
33:52No, no, no, no, I'm going on.
33:54At the station, Rory sees many police officers
33:58doing the job professionally and with empathy.
34:01I saw so many police officers doing their job
34:04to the best of their ability,
34:05and hats off to them because, yeah, it's challenging.
34:08The role of a police officer is extremely difficult.
34:11Don't start hitting your head, you're being stupid.
34:14My head?
34:15No, I'm kidding, my head.
34:17I do.
34:18We're interested.
34:20We care about you.
34:21They're dealing with often really complex mental health needs,
34:26violent and confrontational people.
34:28It's a dangerous job.
34:31In the yard, officers are preparing to leave the station.
34:36They're picking up a 17-year-old
34:38who's run away from a residential home
34:40where he's being cared for.
34:42Officers say he assaulted colleagues and medical staff
34:45when they took him to a hospital after his arrest.
34:49We'll call the teenager Jordan to protect his identity.
34:52It's been in a hospital like this whole time.
34:54And he sees his column around the outside for something.
34:58More to what officers?
34:59Is that where all you go?
35:00Yeah.
35:02PC Phil Nielsen says he's one of around 10 officers
35:05going to collect Jordan from hospital.
35:08Well, if this guy comes here, he'll be a constant watch.
35:11Yeah.
35:12The guy arrived, walked into custody,
35:16he went to his cell,
35:17he was put on a constant watch with two police officers,
35:20and, to be honest, I thought that was the end of the story.
35:25Jordan's custody notes say he's autistic
35:27and has mental health needs.
35:31CCTV shows the teenager in his cell
35:34and officers standing outside.
35:39Then they push Jordan back from the cell door.
35:45After he throws a pillow at them, they restrain him.
35:50The next thing I know, the panic alarm has been hit.
35:54Everyone's up on their feet, running down towards the cells.
35:56There's about five or six police officers.
36:01At one point, there are eight people involved in the restraint.
36:08Sergeant McIlvaney's stood up on the bench,
36:10looking over the whole situation,
36:12and he was like, I'm the safety officer.
36:15Jordan is then held on the ground,
36:17with his legs or arms restrained for around two hours.
36:22A 17-year-old, who's apparently autistic
36:25and may have mental health issues,
36:26throws a pillow.
36:28I mean, a thrown pillow.
36:29I mean, seriously.
36:30It just seems wholly disproportionate.
36:33How are you, Phil, mate?
36:34Hey, how are you, Rory?
36:35Yeah, not too bad.
36:36Mate, that juvie you brought in the other day.
36:39Come on!
36:40Come on!
36:41Three days later, Rory bumps into PC Nielsen.
36:47He tells him more about what happened
36:49after he'd picked Jordan up from hospital.
36:52Did you see him kick me?
36:53I didn't see him hit you.
36:54Yeah, he fucking hit me.
36:55In the cell?
36:57At the custody desk.
36:59PC Nielsen says the teenager kicked him at the custody desk,
37:03because while they were in the police van
37:05on the way back to the station,
37:07he'd used pressure points on Jordan's legs.
37:11He's just gone straight,
37:12clunky, kicking me in my knee.
37:15To be fair, it's payback.
37:16So before the job,
37:17I've done the sports massage in that,
37:19so I know all the pressure points.
37:20Yeah.
37:20So while I'm banned from hospitals are here,
37:23it's just out of the pressure points, so...
37:25You evil bastard.
37:28You've sold in so many offices.
37:29He deserves it.
37:30He deserves it.
37:31He deserves it.
37:32Seven weeks later,
37:37PC Nielsen agrees to meet Rory in the pub.
37:41But he's suspicious.
37:44Half-joking,
37:46he says he's worried Rory's working
37:48for the Mets Department of Professional Standards,
37:50or DPS.
37:53I'm getting...
37:53This is a stink.
37:54This is DPS.
37:55This is DPS trying to catch me on or something.
37:57Come on.
37:58I was actually thinking,
38:02I ain't going to come
38:03because I can't get implants out of me.
38:04It could be a stink.
38:05Yeah, I know.
38:05I was like...
38:06It's the first time I've met Phil socially.
38:09From the moment I got there,
38:10he was asking me if I was wearing a wire,
38:13if it was all part of a sting.
38:15And, like, when you're sat there
38:16with, like, secret cameras,
38:18it wasn't far away from him
38:19coming over and patting me down.
38:22But eventually he did settle down.
38:24PC Nielsen reveals more
38:27about the pressure points
38:28he says he used on the 17-year-old.
38:31How do they work?
38:33So, obviously,
38:34I always say keep the legs.
38:36OK.
38:37Because you're walking every single day,
38:39so you're always using your leg muscles.
38:41So, obviously, you've got quite a lot of tension there.
38:44How long do you go for
38:45when you're on that kid?
38:50I don't know why.
38:51He's admitting to assaulting
39:06the juvenile
39:07whilst in the van
39:09when he
39:10pressed on the pressure points.
39:13Unlawful territory for me.
39:15Then PC Nielsen
39:16makes it crystal clear
39:17why Rory's finding it so hard
39:19to find out more about
39:20some officers' views.
39:23He echoes what Rory's heard before.
39:26Decide carefully what you say
39:27and who you say it to.
39:30Know you're proud.
39:32Know you're proud.
39:33So, like,
39:34I would say I feel comfortable with you
39:36that I can say some stuff
39:37that I'll be
39:38out there.
39:40And I will trust you
39:41to not go in.
39:42Yeah.
39:42This guy feel you?
39:44So, like, know you're proud.
39:46Yeah, absolutely.
39:46I would never go in
39:48to someone
39:48that I didn't know
39:49or in front of people
39:50I didn't know
39:50and say a comment
39:51that was like...
39:53I know you're going.
39:55I know you're proud.
39:57PC Nielsen's
39:58onto his fifth pint.
40:00He's still suspicious
40:01and holding back.
40:03I was hoping you would say
40:04something more controversial
40:05and then be like,
40:06oh, yeah, calm.
40:07Let's go for this.
40:08What I'm seeing
40:11is almost this sense
40:12of those who are complicit
40:13and this sort of sense
40:15of what's underground.
40:17They're grooming people
40:18into that circle,
40:20looking out for snitches,
40:22i.e. people
40:22and police officers' colleagues
40:24who are decent,
40:26who uphold the values
40:28of policing,
40:29as opposed to people like him,
40:31who absolutely don't.
40:33Almost a year after
40:36the rape and murder
40:37of Sarah Everard
40:38by a serving police officer,
40:40The Met faced another scandal,
40:43this time focused
40:44on Charing Cross,
40:46uncovered by the Independent
40:47Office for Police Conduct.
40:50The police watchdog says
40:52it's found evidence
40:53of disgraceful bullying,
40:55misogyny,
40:56discrimination
40:56and sexual harassment
40:58at Charing Cross police station
40:59in central London.
41:00This investigation
41:03lifted the lid
41:04on what a toxic culture
41:05inside the Met
41:06would it actually look like.
41:09Sal Nassim
41:10was the IOPC's
41:11regional director
41:12for London at the time.
41:13He left in 2023.
41:16The team he led
41:18seized officers' mobiles
41:19and uncovered
41:20private group chats,
41:22where they discussed
41:23hitting their girlfriends,
41:25shared offensive
41:25and racist comments
41:26and laughed about rape.
41:30There's contempt
41:32and hatred
41:34towards Muslim communities,
41:35hatred towards
41:36Jewish communities,
41:37if you were gay.
41:38There was a strong
41:40theme of misogyny.
41:41They felt
41:42comfortable enough
41:44to message
41:45one of their female colleagues,
41:46I want to hate,
41:47fuck you.
41:50Let's just pause there
41:51for a second.
41:51This is the workplace.
41:53That's how normalised
41:54that culture had become.
41:55Fourteen officers
41:58were investigated.
42:00Two were dismissed.
42:02Two resigned.
42:04The IOPC
42:05published its report
42:06into the culture
42:07at Charing Cross
42:08at the start of 2022.
42:10When we interviewed
42:11the officers
42:11and put it to them,
42:13what they were saying
42:13and what they were doing,
42:14they didn't see it.
42:15They excused themselves.
42:17It was just banter.
42:19Other officers,
42:20when they tried
42:20to raise concerns,
42:21they weren't believed.
42:23Senior officers
42:23would dismiss
42:24their concerns
42:25that these officers
42:26were just indulging
42:26in laddish behaviour.
42:29Nearly three years later,
42:31it seems inappropriate
42:33male banter
42:33hasn't gone away.
42:36She was wearing
42:37no underwear.
42:38How do you know?
42:39Whatsoever.
42:40How do you know?
42:42How do I know?
42:42Because...
42:43So...
42:44I'm going to leave.
42:45No, I'm...
42:46She promised.
42:48A female officer
42:49walks away.
42:52Other officers say
42:53they face racial
42:54discrimination at work.
42:56I was coming here
42:57trying to do my job
42:57and that's it,
42:58but other people
42:59see all the reasons
42:59to kind of bully,
43:02but discriminate.
43:03Do you think it's
43:04like racial discrimination?
43:06No.
43:07I'm not sure.
43:08I want to say yes,
43:08but at the same time,
43:09I want to say no.
43:10My brain's telling me yes,
43:11my heart's telling me no.
43:12Yeah, because you don't
43:13want to believe it all.
43:13Yeah, exactly.
43:14It's because, um...
43:16Obviously, I'm a man.
43:18I know you...
43:20You see a lot of difference
43:22in the way that you get
43:23treated by people,
43:25especially lines like that.
43:26Really?
43:27Yeah.
43:27It made you feel
43:28uncomfortable?
43:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:29Quite a few sergeants
43:32have been on this.
43:34And colleagues have seen
43:35it as well, but...
43:36Nothing gets done.
43:37Yes.
43:38I'm not going to keep up
43:39with you, though.
43:39It's doing my job,
43:40going home,
43:41all right, man?
43:42Third play.
43:42Back in the custody suite,
43:47the team are dealing
43:48with a serious allegation.
43:54A female detention officer
44:00is talking to a police officer
44:02about a man in custody
44:03who's accused of rape
44:05and domestic violence.
44:07But a decision has been made
44:08to release him on bail.
44:09He got bailed?
44:13No.
44:17We don't know
44:17all the details of the case,
44:19but the female detention officer
44:21is unhappy
44:22with the bail decision.
44:23Yeah, it's a nasty place
44:26to work there, isn't it?
44:30Really nasty.
44:31Yeah, she was pregnant.
44:31Tried to go with bailing.
44:33It's in the cellar.
44:37That's what she says.
44:40We've got people
44:40in the bedroom
44:41and didn't go with it.
44:42Yeah.
44:45Michael, have any of it
44:45decided to bail him?
44:47I don't really understand
44:47how it works.
44:48Later on her break,
44:52she's still unhappy
44:53about what Sergeant McIlvenny
44:54has just said
44:55about the decision
44:56to bail the man.
44:58The way you read,
44:59yes, what she says.
45:02If I can't stand up
45:03to her stand up
45:04when she's pregnant,
45:05like, don't fuck her.
45:09Yeah, I thought it's going to hang out
45:11and you're blanking out.
45:13You're blanking out.
45:14But unfortunately,
45:16I can't.
45:16He's got stripes
45:17on the child.
45:19It's sad I feel
45:20about that, so.
45:21It's just a prick.
45:22Yeah.
45:23Yeah, she was pregnant.
45:24Tried to kill her baby.
45:25It's been a stabber.
45:29That's what she says.
45:32That's what she says.
45:33What an attitude.
45:35In other words,
45:36he doesn't believe her.
45:38I'm fairly speechless.
45:39As a woman,
45:40as well as
45:41a former police officer,
45:43individuals like him
45:44have the power
45:45to make those sorts
45:46of decisions
45:47about my safety
45:48are the women's safety.
45:51And that is terrifying.
45:53Absolutely terrifying.
45:54That's sad I feel
45:56about that, that's sad.
45:57It's just a prick.
45:58Yeah.
45:58She's not wrong
45:59in her description of him,
46:00frankly.
46:02She seems to be quite angry
46:03that he's just dismissed it.
46:04Yeah, she is angry.
46:06It's...
46:06And I'm not surprised.
46:08It's little wonder
46:10that rape and
46:13domestic abuse
46:14investigations
46:16have such a low
46:18success rate
46:19because despite
46:20all the fantastic work
46:21that's been
46:22been done,
46:24you've got idiots
46:25that you come up against
46:26like this.
46:28Clearly,
46:29these individuals
46:29are simply not
46:31getting the message.
46:32The Met says
46:33it's changed
46:34its vetting procedures
46:35and introduced
46:35new training.
46:37It says its officers
46:38and staff
46:39are now making
46:39three times as many
46:41reports about bad behaviour
46:42than they were
46:43three years ago
46:44and that since 2022,
46:47more than 1,400
46:49officers and staff
46:50have left
46:51or been dismissed
46:52from the Met
46:52for failing to meet
46:54its standards.
46:56How confident
46:57can you be
46:57that there is
46:58a cultural change?
46:59It starts
47:00at the gateway.
47:01We've changed
47:02our vetting approach
47:03for people coming
47:04into the organisation.
47:04This is about
47:05tens of thousands
47:06of good people
47:06in policing
47:07who care deeply
47:08about the public
47:08who want to be
47:10a better organisation.
47:14You all right, lad?
47:15How are you?
47:17Two weeks after
47:18first meeting
47:18at the pub,
47:20Rory and PC Nielsen
47:21meet up again.
47:22From the moment
47:23I walked through
47:24the doors.
47:26I tried to match
47:27his energy.
47:28I tried to make
47:29him feel
47:30I was more on side
47:31just by agreeing
47:32with him,
47:33laughing along
47:33with him
47:34making him feel
47:36that, you know,
47:38he could trust me.
47:40PC Nielsen's
47:40on his second pint
47:42when he starts
47:43using racially
47:44discriminatory language
47:45about some migrants.
47:47Do you ever see
47:48any issues
47:49with Ukrainians?
47:51No.
47:51Exactly.
47:52So I don't mind them
47:53because they're coming
47:54over here to work
47:54and they're going to get away
47:55with it.
47:56Now, people coming
47:57from all Middle Eastern,
47:58they're just scum.
48:00Yeah, but why is it
48:02always them committing
48:02the crimes?
48:03I don't understand.
48:05Why is it just men
48:06coming from them?
48:08Because it's an
48:09invasion.
48:10Yeah.
48:13God, you're so
48:14loose, I drop right out.
48:15Who do you reckon
48:20the worst one is then?
48:21Like, worst
48:21to deal with,
48:23like, people coming
48:24over.
48:28So I've had quite a lot
48:29of Arabs,
48:33I've had quite a lot
48:33of North and there
48:34I've got an idea.
48:35How do you hear them?
48:35It's a scum.
48:37It's a scum.
48:37We've had so many
48:38them in custody.
48:39I can't stand them.
48:40They always feign injury
48:41and...
48:41Oh, I can't.
48:43Yeah.
48:45The smile is a scum.
48:47The smile is a...
48:48Ugly.
48:51Ugly, mate.
48:54Any poor person
48:56is the worst to deal with.
48:57Yeah.
49:00Three more drinks in,
49:01he starts talking
49:02about Islam.
49:05I've seen too many
49:06Islamists
49:07committing crimes.
49:12Their way of life
49:13is not the correct
49:13way of life.
49:15No.
49:18I mean,
49:19you're on the front line,
49:20you see it every day.
49:23You do fine now.
49:24The ones that are
49:25causing the most crime
49:26on this one.
49:28They cause the most crime.
49:30The Home Office
49:31and Police
49:32don't publish figures
49:33on general arrest rates
49:34by religious communities.
49:37Despite his obligation
49:39not to discriminate
49:40unlawfully or unfairly,
49:42PC Nielsen appears
49:43to have made up his mind.
49:46You're face to face
49:47with a police officer
49:48that's clearly anxious
49:49about you
49:49and got question marks
49:50about you
49:51and has given you
49:52an invite
49:53to offer more.
49:54Sounds like you're
49:55agreeing with his views.
49:56I didn't want to shut him down
49:58because when
49:59someone's literally
50:01told you
50:01that I was going
50:03to go further
50:03but I didn't
50:04because you're nowhere
50:04near my level,
50:06I had to show him something.
50:07As the evening wears on,
50:11PC Nielsen's views
50:12don't change
50:13but the way
50:15he expresses them
50:16gets more extreme.
50:18He says what he'd like
50:19to see happen
50:20to a detainee
50:21he's been dealing with
50:22who overstayed his visa.
50:23Fuckin' either
50:26put the bullet
50:27through his head
50:27or deport him.
50:29I hear you, man.
50:30We're paying for it.
50:32He was an overstayer.
50:33That would have looked
50:33if he was an overstayer.
50:34So many though,
50:35isn't there?
50:37Honestly, just...
50:38What?
50:40Where were you going there?
50:43A revolver.
50:44A revolver would be so nice.
50:49Strikes the head?
50:56Oh, God.
50:58And the ones that
50:59shag,
51:00that rape women,
51:02you do the cock
51:04and let them bleed out.
51:07Yeah.
51:11Just in absolute plain sight,
51:13isn't it?
51:16Extraordinary.
51:16A racist in simple terms
51:21but a violent racist.
51:25I mean, I feel appalled
51:27and disgusted
51:28and ashamed
51:29watching that.
51:31If you're a member
51:33of those communities
51:34who live here
51:35and are hoping
51:36to be protected
51:37by the best policing
51:39in the world,
51:40that police is by consent,
51:42that is legitimate,
51:44how legitimate is that?
51:46It's not at all.
51:50It's disgusting.
51:54I have absolutely
51:55no confidence in him
51:56as a police officer
51:57whatsoever.
52:00To be frank,
52:01not much as a human being.
52:04Panorama wrote
52:05to Met Commissioner
52:06Sir Mark Rowley
52:07detailing our evidence.
52:09He told Panorama
52:10the behaviour outlined
52:12in this programme
52:12is disgraceful
52:13and the Met
52:14has taken immediate
52:16and unprecedented action.
52:18Eight officers
52:19and one staff member
52:20have been suspended
52:21and another two officers
52:23removed from frontline duties.
52:26He says the Met
52:27has dismantled
52:28the custody team
52:29at Charing Cross,
52:30made changes
52:31to local leadership
52:32and is looking
52:33more broadly
52:34at other Met
52:34detention teams.
52:37Sir Mark also says
52:39much more needs
52:40to be done
52:40to tackle
52:41the individuals
52:42and cliques
52:42whose appalling behaviour
52:44continues to let down
52:45their colleagues
52:46and Londoners.
52:48And the Met's resolve
52:49to identify,
52:50confront
52:50and get rid of them
52:51is absolute.
52:53The Met
52:54has referred
52:55Panorama's allegations
52:56to the Independent Office
52:57for Police Conduct.
52:59It's launched
53:00an investigation
53:01and says it's taking
53:02the matter
53:03extremely seriously.
53:05We also wrote
53:06to the officers
53:06identified in this programme.
53:09They haven't responded.
53:13It's January
53:14and an inspector
53:15has some news
53:16for the team.
53:18Guys,
53:19are you all aware
53:21about Joe?
53:22He's not going to be
53:24with us for a while.
53:26probably at least
53:28three months.
53:30Maybe longer.
53:32But I don't know.
53:34But
53:34he's using his arm
53:36and could fight.
53:37He's talking about
53:38Sergeant Joe McIlvenny.
53:41CCTV records him
53:43the moment
53:43after he's told
53:44he's being taken
53:45off the custody desk
53:46and put on
53:47back office duties.
53:54He's being investigated
53:56after allegedly
53:57making inappropriate
53:58comments to this woman.
54:01He's about to bail
54:02and then he made
54:04a reference
54:05to, oh,
54:06he should be doing
54:07massage business
54:08or something like that.
54:09Oh, because she was Asian
54:10and he was suggesting
54:11that she was into...
54:13Yeah.
54:14And then the officers
54:14were saying
54:15they felt embarrassed
54:16for the detainee.
54:20Custody staff
54:21say it was
54:21British Transport
54:22Police officers
54:23who reported
54:24Sergeant McIlvenny,
54:25not his fellow officers
54:27at Charing Cross.
54:30Inspector Jim Morris,
54:31who's Sergeant McIlvenny's boss,
54:33seems supportive.
54:35Obviously,
54:36it's not like
54:37it's for Joe,
54:38so,
54:39you know,
54:39where you can,
54:41you know,
54:42make contact
54:43and see how he's doing.
54:45Some female colleagues
54:46are less sympathetic.
54:47It was on the cards
54:49because it can't be
54:51very, very, very,
54:52very little person.
54:55Do you reckon
54:55he'll get away with it, though?
54:57No.
54:58In general,
54:59in fact, officers,
55:01it's not only sexist,
55:03it's misogynistic,
55:04it's racist.
55:06Another colleague
55:08says Sergeant McIlvenny
55:09told her he might ask
55:10for a character reference.
55:12Character reference is nothing.
55:14I can't give you
55:15a character reference,
55:16can I?
55:17No.
55:17You are awful.
55:18Like,
55:19as much as I know
55:20you're half-joking,
55:22that you're also not.
55:24But from our side,
55:25before we wrote to the Met,
55:27Sergeant McIlvenny
55:28told Rory
55:28he was back
55:29at work in custody.
55:31We don't know
55:32the outcome
55:32of his disciplinary process.
55:37Three years ago,
55:38the chief inspector
55:39of constabulary
55:40put the Met
55:40into special measures,
55:42saying it was failing
55:43to meet basic
55:44policing standards.
55:46That came to an end
55:47in January this year,
55:49when the inspectorate
55:50told the Met
55:51it had improved.
55:55After seven months
55:56undercover,
55:57Rory's time
55:58at Charing Cross
55:59is over.
56:01Walking out the door today,
56:02it was just
56:02a weird feeling.
56:04I've come in,
56:06I've been in custody
56:07seven months.
56:11My honest assessment
56:12is, like,
56:12I'm scratching
56:13the surface here.
56:14I've met police officers
56:16that are racist,
56:17I've met police officers
56:17that are misogynistic,
56:19but the reality is
56:20these people
56:20don't trust me yet.
56:22And I'm still
56:23seeing this evidence.
56:25Reflecting on,
56:26you know,
56:27what we've just watched,
56:28how bad is what you've seen?
56:29It seemed to me
56:30that there was
56:30quite a lot there
56:31that ought to
56:32worry Sir Mark Rowley,
56:33and he, I'm sure,
56:34will be worried about it,
56:35and I hope very much
56:36will want to do
56:37something about it.
56:38The only way forward
56:40that is going to work
56:41is a police force
56:42which says we have
56:43very high standards
56:44and values.
56:45They have a discipline
56:46about the way
56:47they carry out their work.
56:49What struck me
56:50was that didn't seem
56:51to be present
56:52or being inculcated
56:54by the people
56:55who were in authority,
56:56who were the sergeants.
56:58I've seen enough
56:59to say there is
57:01a highly toxic
57:02culture there
57:03of hypersexualised
57:05male behaviour,
57:07misogyny,
57:08racism
57:09and
57:10gratuitous,
57:10unlawful violence.
57:12This is one thing
57:13where the leadership,
57:14I think,
57:15of the Metropolitan Police
57:16has never really
57:18grasped the significance,
57:19the scale and impact.
57:21It's always been
57:21a rotten apple,
57:23not a rotten barrel.
57:24It's about changing
57:25the narrative
57:26about what constitutes
57:28good policing.
57:29what do we want
57:30from a police officer
57:30in the 21st century?
57:33Rory saw many officers
57:35behaving professionally
57:36while he was undercover.
57:39The Met's been taking action
57:40against what it calls
57:41rogue officers
57:42and cultural failings.
57:44But our investigations
57:46found evidence
57:47of a toxic culture
57:48inside the UK's
57:49largest police force,
57:51suggesting racist
57:52and misogynistic attitudes
57:54haven't been eliminated.
57:56They've been driven
57:56underground.
57:59That will make it
57:59even more difficult
58:00for the Met
58:01to root out
58:01bad behaviour
58:02and attitudes
58:03once and for all.
58:04the Met's been
58:09The Met's
58:10A
58:10The Met.
58:11The Met.
58:11The Met.
58:11The Met.
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