Two or three officers to face court a week, Commissioner says.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64400235

BLOODY HELL!

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the public should "prepare for more painful stories" as the force confronts the issues it faces.

He said cases included "violence against women and girls offences", such as domestic abuse and sex offences.

"There's a trickle of them and more are going be surfacing," he added.

I don't know how I'm going to bring myself to trust the police again.

I honestly don't know what the blue fuck will have to happen to change the culture in these police forces. Talk about absolutely rotten to the core. I see a lot of hand wringing and hear a few warm words but I think the people who are in a position to do anything about this honestly don't give a shit. It's just sickening

I did hear on radio 4 the head of another force suggesting that the Met need to be broken up it is - 3-4 times larger than other forces.

While I think they had a point - I'm in Gwent and there are scandals here and in other smaller forces.

I don't know what need doing but something needs to happen and like PP I'm hearing warm words and hand wringing and no big changes being talked about.

It's going to have a detrimental effect on women coming forward to report abuse.

I also think back to how those women peacefully protesting following Sarah Everard's murder were treated.

Dire

My first thought yesterday when Mark Rowley was being interviewed about this was “they should start with ALL the officers responsible for kettling the women protesting about Sarah Everard”

Tbh I feel more heartened than has been the case for a long time that these cases are actually coming to light and no longer being swept under the carpet.

Cressida Dick was an outrage. Her mealy mouthed minimising of the cultural issues putrefying the Met was unconscionable. Rowley is at least not trying to pretend that it's just the odd bad apple.

Once these scumbags end up in prison the police will be much less likely to act as a refuge for bullies and abusers. I only hope those who are complicit in covering up crimes are dealt with nearly as harshly as the perpetrators. If that includes senior managers, then even better.

The reputation of the police is not enhanced by covering for those within it who break the law. The opposite applies. Trust is built through openness and honestly dealing with transgressors.

At this rate the prisons will be full of cops and men who said they were women.

I wonder if a crossover will emerge?

If loads of abusive cops get Prison Onset Gender Dysphoria, we’ll certainly have a new understanding of how come women were arrested for terfy tweets…

I'm torn between being appalled at how much us coming to light and glad that they finally, finally are bringing these appalling cases to the light of day. Ironically it's only by doing this that they might become worthy of trust in the future but it's hard to see how they can recover from what has already come to light, let alone whatever horrors are down the track. But respect to Mark Rowley for surfacing this against god knows how much internal resistance and back covering. I hope he has all the support he needs to get the offenders out of police uniforms and into prison ones and change the culture so it never happens again.

It does sound as if he's taking it seriously, and actually implementing some effective measures. Which is good. But 2 or 3 cases a week is not a 'trickle'.

I agree it is a positive step with Rowley taking ownership. As with all organisations the entire ethos, atmosphere, discipline etc transcends from the top down. The met has obviously historically facilitated this bullying, sexist, aggressive behaviour. It's always a similar pattern as each case is reported, where everyone knew what these officers were like, hence the nick names. It appears it was laughed off, ignored, glorified even. These men didn't have to hide their abhorrent personalities.