Labour leader likens scale of change needed to policing reforms in Northern Ireland after Good Friday agreement
, a Met firearms officer, were “jaw-droppingly shocking”, but highlighted that there had been a number of scandals within the force prior to this. He told the News Agents podcast: “It needs a root and branch review, cultural change, because this is not just the perpetrators, it’s those that have allowed this to happen … not taken action when they should have done.
Pressed on whether the Met should change its name, Starmer added: “If changing the name signals a change, then perhaps, but it was very important to what we were trying to achieve in Northern Ireland that it was the Police Service of Northern Ireland.” The Carrick case followed a series of damaging scandals for the Met, including the murder of Sarah Everard by then serving officer Wayne Couzens,
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