Met police accused of failing to address toxic culture in firearms unit

Action has been taken in only a tiny percentage of internal misconduct claims against officers since review by peer Louise Casey

The Metropolitan police has been accused of failing to deal with the toxic culture" inside its firearms unit after the number of internal misconduct investigations rose to its highest level since 2018.

A wide-ranging investigation by Baroness Louise Casey last year found that the Met was institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic. Casey singled out its Specialist Firearms Command unit - also known as MO19 - accusing it of having a deeply troubling, toxic culture" where normal rules do not seem to apply" and staff were well-connected to senior officers in the Met".