An investigation report (today) by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) uncovers bullying and discrimination within the Metropolitan Police Service ranks, including incidents of racism, misogyny and harassment.
The IOPC is led by director general Michael Lockwood who was chief executive of London borough of Harrow. His deputy Tom Whiting is from Harrow and was interim chief executive at the Harrow council. Both officers exercised fairness in focusing on the socio-cultural/religious life of the most diverse Harrow borough and served it effectively.
At the IOPC, both are committed to ensure that the police disciplinary and complaints system is as effective and as clear as possible, which is needed to build public confidence in the accountability process.
The IOPC report recommendations include addressing underlying cultural issues by preventing environments that could lead to unprofessional and inappropriate behaviour and go unchallenged. It further includes recommendations for the Met to publicly commit to being an anti-racist organisation with a zero-tolerance policy towards sexism, misogyny, bullying and harassment.
During its investigations, the IOPC reviewed thousands of messages exchanged by officers, including many that were highly sexualised, discriminatory or referred to violence. These were generally described as banter by officers in their defence.
The IOPC is led by director general Michael Lockwood who was chief executive of London borough of Harrow. His deputy Tom Whiting is from Harrow and was interim chief executive at the Harrow council. Both officers exercised fairness in focusing on the socio-cultural/religious life of the most diverse Harrow borough and served it effectively.
At the IOPC, both are committed to ensure that the police disciplinary and complaints system is as effective and as clear as possible, which is needed to build public confidence in the accountability process.
The IOPC report recommendations include addressing underlying cultural issues by preventing environments that could lead to unprofessional and inappropriate behaviour and go unchallenged. It further includes recommendations for the Met to publicly commit to being an anti-racist organisation with a zero-tolerance policy towards sexism, misogyny, bullying and harassment.
During its investigations, the IOPC reviewed thousands of messages exchanged by officers, including many that were highly sexualised, discriminatory or referred to violence. These were generally described as banter by officers in their defence.
Harrow Monitoring Group 