Six of the most shocking findings from the report
The report found that the force is rife with "institutional racism, sexism and homophobia", while also providing horrific details of cover-ups, contamination and initiation rituals.
Contamination of evidence
Many of the fridges and freezers used by the force to store swabs and blood samples from rape and sexual offence cases were "over-stuffed, dilapidated and broken".
This meant evidence being needlessly destroyed and prosecutions collapsing, putting vulnerable victims, including children, at risk.
In one instance, the report says a lunch box was found being stored in the same fridge as evidence.
Secret messaging
In the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder, reports emerged of officers sending each other discriminatory messages and images from crime scenes.
Some officers reported that, as part of a resultant internal anti-discrimination campaign, they were encouraged to delete their text messages in order to protect themselves.
Some were even told to use codeword ‘LANDSLIDE’ to indicate a messaging group had been ‘compromised’, prompting members to delete all messages and leave the chat.
Racism
Black officers are 81 per cent more likely to find themselves in Met’s misconduct system than their white colleagues.
This attitude filtered onto the streets, with Black Londoners 'over-policed' and more likely to be stopped, searched, batoned and Tasered.
One sickening example of bullying saw a Sikh officer have his beard trimmed as a joke and a Muslim officer having bacon placed in his shoes.
The review said that "overt racism" in the Met Police was not "a thing of the past".
A black female officer said she was left feeling she wanted to resign after hearing racist remarks by a more senior officer.
They allegedly called a white woman a "n***** lover", a "slag", and a "dirty woman", the report said.
Bullying
The report also found one in five lesbian, gay and bisexual force employee had experienced homophobia at work.
An openly gay officer was the target of a "sustained campaign of homophobia from inside the Met".
This included WhatsApp messages where colleagues planned to target him with stop and search.
The report detailed "initiation rituals" involving "the humiliation of junior staff" at the Met Police.
This included food-eating challenges, people being urinated on and a male officer who was allegedly sexually assaulted in showers.
A female officer said initiation rituals were common in her unit, with women forced to eat whole cheesecakes until they would vomit.
Crass banter
The report also detailed "pranks" and "banter" by Met Police officers, including incidents where bags of urine were thrown at cars, sex toys were put in coffee mugs, and an animal left in an officer's locker.
Sexual assault
A third of women in the force had experienced sexism with a shocking 12 per cent experiencing sexual harassment or assault in some way.
The review said it met a policewoman who was a "victim of domestic and sexual abuse", allegedly at the hands of a fellow Met officer.
The woman - referred to as officer A - said it was "an open secret on their team but few people wanted to speak up".
Another female officer said she was sexually assaulted in the workplace multiple times by a more senior male officer.
She tried to report it but was told months later the officer challenged the decision and "it's your word against his," and that her alleged abuser had a "long, unblemished career in the Met."
Meanwhile, an officer who visited the home of a domestic abuse victim "went on to cultivate an inappropriate relationship with her", the report said.
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