Sources

Every finding, with its primary link
StatusFindingSourcePublishedLink
VERIFIEDHMICFRS — special measures (enhanced monitoring)HMICFRS (inspectorate)Published: 15 July 2026https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/police-forces/me…
VERIFIEDHMICFRS — failing in almost all areasHMICFRS inspection (2024)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qe1g4g751o…
VERIFIEDHMICFRS — failing victims of child exploitationHMICFRS / Youth Justice Legal CentrePublished: 15 July 2026https://yjlc.uk/resources/legal-updates/metropolitan-police-…
VERIFIEDDaniel Morgan Independent Panel — 'institutionally corrupt'Daniel Morgan Independent Panel (2021)Published: 15 July 2026https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html…
VERIFIEDCharing Cross scandal — misogyny, racism, excessive forceIOPC investigationPublished: 15 July 2026https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/update-iopc-investigat…
VERIFIEDOfficers photographed murdered sisters' bodiesCriminal trial / IOPCPublished: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/20/i-ha…
VERIFIEDChild Q — strip-searched at school without safeguardingIOPC / Child Q safeguarding review (2022)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/learning/investiga…
VERIFIEDRace Action Plan shake-up accused of mocking Black peopleThe Guardian / policing minister (2026)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/10/met-accused-…
DOCUMENTEDDisproportionate use of stop and searchMPS / independent analysesPublished: 15 July 2026https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/…
VERIFIEDSarah Everard murder — serving officer abducted and killed herCourt / Angiolini InquiryPublished: 15 July 2026https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/almost-half-of-wo…
DOCUMENTEDBibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman murders — slow responseFamily statements / IOPCPublished: 15 July 2026https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/posts/mina-smallman-th…
DOCUMENTEDThousands of outstanding misconduct casesHome Office police-misconduct stats (YE 31 Mar 2025)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-misconduct-e…
VERIFIEDMacpherson Report — 'institutional racism' (1999)Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (Macpherson, 1999)Published: 15 July 2026https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmhaff…
VERIFIEDUndercover policing / 'Spycops' scandalUndercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI)Published: 15 July 2026https://ucpi.org.uk/…
VERIFIEDSean Rigg — death in custody, 'more than minimally' contributedInquest / IOPC (2012-2019)Published: 15 July 2026https://inquest.org.uk/news-and-comment/press-releases/sean-…
VERIFIEDJean Charles de Menezes — wrongful shootingStockwell / IPCC (2007)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/comme…
DOCUMENTEDChris Kaba — shooting & paused misconduct caseIOPC / BBC (2022-2026)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx32xkd7d7o…
VERIFIEDJohn Worboys — victims' investigation failings (Supreme Court)Supreme Court (DSD v Met, 2018)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/supreme-court-rul…
VERIFIED650 children strip-searched in two yearsMet data / Children's Commissioner (2022)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/08/police-data-…
VERIFIEDVAWG — failing grade on Violence Against Women & GirlsHMICFRS VAWG inspectionPublished: 15 July 2026https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html…
DOCUMENTEDGrenfell — slow criminal investigation criticisedGrenfell Tower Inquiry / bereaved families (2024)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/04/poli…
VERIFIEDRape under-recording — 'no-criming' scandalHMICFRS / BBC (2014, 2019)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25648832…
VERIFIEDCrime-data 'fiddling' — figures lost official statusUK Statistics Authority / HMICFRS (2014, 2018)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/15/police-crime…
VERIFIEDBianca Williams — stop-and-search gross misconduct; officers reinstatedIOPC / misconduct hearings (2023-2024)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/04/bianca-willi…
DOCUMENTEDLeon Briggs — death in custody, case collapsedIOPC / BBC (2013-2010s)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24875…
VERIFIEDAngiolini Review — systemic failings in deaths in custodyAngiolini Review (2017-2023)Published: 15 July 2026https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a821d1040f0b…
DOCUMENTEDOut of special measures (2025)HMICFRS (2025)Published: 15 July 2026https://emergencyservicestimes.com/2025/01/23/met-police-is-…
DOCUMENTEDIndependent report finds 'systemic' anti-black racism in the MetBBC / HR Rewired (Dr Shereen Daniels report, Nov 2025)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lq711n2e2o…
DOCUMENTEDLargest-ever Stop & Search study finds acute racial disproportionalityMOPAC / King's College London (City Hall, Mar 2026)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.london.gov.uk/largest-ever-research-project-poli…
DOCUMENTEDPanorama fallout: commissioner says corruption crisis may take a decadeThe Guardian (Oct 2025, citing IOPC)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/02/met-corrupti…
VERIFIEDEx-Met officer David Carrick given additional life sentenceBBC / Old Bailey court (Nov 2025)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0y075nyw8o…
DOCUMENTEDIOPC investigates death of man in Met custody at RomfordBBC / IOPC (Apr 2025)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5q09p6e1no…
DOCUMENTEDChild Q: officer admits at misconduct hearing the strip-search should never have happenedBBC (June 2025)Published: 15 July 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gr1eyrg63o…