Police

• Police - Strengths

  • Basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder
  • police are citizens in uniform paid to do full time what all citizens must do, that is, to uphold the law
• Police - Strengths

  Aims of the police are to:

  • Keep peace and maintain order
  • Protect life and property
  • Prevent, detect and investigate crime
• Police - Weaknesses

  • Poppi Worthington - Sexually assaulted and murdered by father. Father investigated several time however not charged
  • Stephen Lawrence - Stabbed twice. Police was racist and didn't do proper investigation into the killers
  • David Clarke - Charged with 49 offences. These were all sexual offences all against women
• Police - Weaknesses

  Macpherson report 1998

  • 17 recommendations for improvement. Zero tolerance for racism
• Police - Weaknesses

  Independent Review by Baroness Casey in 2023 (Sarah Everhart)

  • 360 page report catalogued ''severe institutional failings''
  • ''Institutional racism, misogny and homophobia'' is met with ''widespread bullying''
  • Force is ''failing women and children'' with ''overworked and inexperienced'' officers handling rape cases
  • Met with ''unable to police itself'' and predatory behaviour had been ''allowed to flourish''