Scrutinising discriminatory police misconduct in the Metropolitan Police
Project start and end dates
July 2023 - June 2024
Research team members
Background and aims of the project
In March 2023, the Casey Review concluded that “institutional racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia are present across” the Metropolitan Police in London, suggesting there to be regular breaches of professional standards relating to discriminatory misconduct. When such professional standards are breached, misconduct hearings offer a route for redress for the police and for the public.
The overarching purposes of this exploratory work is to consider what these misconduct hearings reveal about discriminatory misconduct in the Metropolitan police and how this is responded to, as well as considering the purposes and effectiveness of police misconduct hearings in fulfilling these purposes.
Methods
The data collection draws entirely on information held in the public domain. This includes:
1. Details of upcoming hearings
2. Observation of misconduct hearings
3. Documentary analysis of written outcome verdicts
4. Media analysis of relevant media reporting on police misconduct hearings