LONDON: About 1,000 police officers have been suspended or put on restricted duties as part of a drive to clean up London's scandal-hit Metropolitan Police (Met), a police chief said on Tuesday.
The United Kingdom's biggest force has been hit by a string of scandals that have undermined confidence in British policing. They include the rape and murder of a young woman snatched off the street by a serving officer.The back of the jacket of a Metropolitan Police officer is seen ahead of a protest against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in central London, United Kingdom on Jan. 21, 2023.
In January, the Met revealed that 1,071 of its own officers were, or had been, under investigation for domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.The admission follows a number of highly damaging episodes for UK forces, in particular the Met.London police officer Wayne Couzens was in September 2021 jailed for the rest of his life for the killing of marketing executive Sarah Everard.
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