| Status | Finding | Source | Published | Link |
| VERIFIED | HMICFRS — special measures (enhanced monitoring) | HMICFRS (inspectorate) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/police-forces/me… |
| VERIFIED | HMICFRS — failing in almost all areas | HMICFRS inspection (2024) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qe1g4g751o… |
| VERIFIED | HMICFRS — failing victims of child exploitation | HMICFRS / Youth Justice Legal Centre | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://yjlc.uk/resources/legal-updates/metropolitan-police-… |
| VERIFIED | Daniel Morgan Independent Panel — 'institutionally corrupt' | Daniel Morgan Independent Panel (2021) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html… |
| VERIFIED | Charing Cross scandal — misogyny, racism, excessive force | IOPC investigation | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/update-iopc-investigat… |
| VERIFIED | Officers photographed murdered sisters' bodies | Criminal trial / IOPC | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/20/i-ha… |
| VERIFIED | Child Q — strip-searched at school without safeguarding | IOPC / Child Q safeguarding review (2022) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/learning/investiga… |
| VERIFIED | Race Action Plan shake-up accused of mocking Black people | The Guardian / policing minister (2026) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/10/met-accused-… |
| DOCUMENTED | Disproportionate use of stop and search | MPS / independent analyses | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/… |
| VERIFIED | Sarah Everard murder — serving officer abducted and killed her | Court / Angiolini Inquiry | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/almost-half-of-wo… |
| DOCUMENTED | Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman murders — slow response | Family statements / IOPC | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/posts/mina-smallman-th… |
| DOCUMENTED | Thousands of outstanding misconduct cases | Home Office police-misconduct stats (YE 31 Mar 2025) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-misconduct-e… |
| VERIFIED | Macpherson Report — 'institutional racism' (1999) | Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (Macpherson, 1999) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmhaff… |
| VERIFIED | Undercover policing / 'Spycops' scandal | Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://ucpi.org.uk/… |
| VERIFIED | Sean Rigg — death in custody, 'more than minimally' contributed | Inquest / IOPC (2012-2019) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://inquest.org.uk/news-and-comment/press-releases/sean-… |
| VERIFIED | Jean Charles de Menezes — wrongful shooting | Stockwell / IPCC (2007) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/comme… |
| DOCUMENTED | Chris Kaba — shooting & paused misconduct case | IOPC / BBC (2022-2026) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx32xkd7d7o… |
| VERIFIED | John Worboys — victims' investigation failings (Supreme Court) | Supreme Court (DSD v Met, 2018) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/supreme-court-rul… |
| VERIFIED | 650 children strip-searched in two years | Met data / Children's Commissioner (2022) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/08/police-data-… |
| VERIFIED | VAWG — failing grade on Violence Against Women & Girls | HMICFRS VAWG inspection | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html… |
| DOCUMENTED | Grenfell — slow criminal investigation criticised | Grenfell Tower Inquiry / bereaved families (2024) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/04/poli… |
| VERIFIED | Rape under-recording — 'no-criming' scandal | HMICFRS / BBC (2014, 2019) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25648832… |
| VERIFIED | Crime-data 'fiddling' — figures lost official status | UK Statistics Authority / HMICFRS (2014, 2018) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/15/police-crime… |
| VERIFIED | Bianca Williams — stop-and-search gross misconduct; officers reinstated | IOPC / misconduct hearings (2023-2024) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/04/bianca-willi… |
| DOCUMENTED | Leon Briggs — death in custody, case collapsed | IOPC / BBC (2013-2010s) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24875… |
| VERIFIED | Angiolini Review — systemic failings in deaths in custody | Angiolini Review (2017-2023) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a821d1040f0b… |
| DOCUMENTED | Out of special measures (2025) | HMICFRS (2025) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://emergencyservicestimes.com/2025/01/23/met-police-is-… |
| DOCUMENTED | Independent report finds 'systemic' anti-black racism in the Met | BBC / HR Rewired (Dr Shereen Daniels report, Nov 2025) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lq711n2e2o… |
| DOCUMENTED | Largest-ever Stop & Search study finds acute racial disproportionality | MOPAC / King's College London (City Hall, Mar 2026) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.london.gov.uk/largest-ever-research-project-poli… |
| DOCUMENTED | Panorama fallout: commissioner says corruption crisis may take a decade | The Guardian (Oct 2025, citing IOPC) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/02/met-corrupti… |
| VERIFIED | Ex-Met officer David Carrick given additional life sentence | BBC / Old Bailey court (Nov 2025) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0y075nyw8o… |
| DOCUMENTED | IOPC investigates death of man in Met custody at Romford | BBC / IOPC (Apr 2025) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5q09p6e1no… |
| DOCUMENTED | Child Q: officer admits at misconduct hearing the strip-search should never have happened | BBC (June 2025) | Published: 15 July 2026 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gr1eyrg63o… |