This is the choice for the next Met police boss. Black communities have invited them to discuss anti-racist policing...
...but will they sit down and discuss? Former director of policing in London, Lee Jasper, explains why they should.
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...but will they sit down and discuss? Former director of policing in London, Lee Jasper, explains why they should.
Documentary maker and writer who shone a light on the inner workings of the police and the criminal justice system
NEIL DARBYSHIRE: Do these hard-pressed footsoldiers have the quality of leadership and supervision they deserve? As events of the past few days vividly demonstrate, the answer is no.
A personal account covering 20 years of working class history in Notting Hill, including the Carnival, the 1987 riot and the conflicts on All Saints Road. Published by BM Blob in the spring of 1988.
Not so long ago, Met Commissioner Cressida Dick lambasted TV dramas such as Line Of Duty for painting a wholly inaccurate picture of today’s police ‘service’. After meeting one of the show’s stars, Vicky McClure, Dick decided to watch a couple of episodes. ‘I was absolutely outraged by the level of casual and extreme corruption that was being portrayed as the way the police is in 2018/19,’ she said. ‘It’s so far from that. The standards and the professionalism are so high.’ How hollow her words ring today, after Daily Mail's devastating exposure of cover-up and abuse of powe...