After a Met officer was jailed for abducting and murdering a woman, the force issued strange advice for women who felt unsafe on the streets of London. Only after criticism was a review announced into police standards and culture
In the days following, the seriousness—not of the crime, but of its ramifications—appeared to escape many officers. The Metropolitan Police, which had employed Mr Couzens, issued strange advice for women who felt unsafe when apprehended by a police officer, including that they call 999 to check the officer’s bona fides or flag down a bus.
The Lawrence inquiry concluded that the Met’s investigation into the teenager’s murder in 1993 had been “marred by a combination of professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership”. Published in 1999, it led to sweeping changes, including an overhaul of complaints procedures and making it possible for people acquitted of serious crimes to be re-prosecuted if new evidence emerged.
Moreover, the verdict came on the same day that judges on the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that the Met had violated the human rights of a woman tricked into a relationship with an undercover cop in the 2000s. In April two Met officers were charged with misconduct after allegedly taking and sharing selfies with the bodies of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry, two sisters who had been murdered.
After the sentencing of Mr Couzens, the Met announced operational changes, including deploying plain-clothes officers in pairs whenever possible, and promised a new strategy for violence against women. The review announced by Dame Cressida will seek ways to improve vetting: Mr Couzens passed the procedure despite having been accused of indecent exposure and despite his creepy behaviour inspiring former colleagues at the Civil Nuclear Constabulary to nickname him “the rapist”.
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