There are a lot of decent individuals in the police but it's hard to see how Londoners can have any confidence in the Met right now. Can't find it now but I read a bit of a thing earlier along the lines of we need to get rid of the idea of loyalty to the group and shift it back to loyalty to the public. It's partly the 'You've got my back so I can't complain' that breeds the culture you've got in the Met.
Yup I read that too somewhere.
It's the old closing ranks when 'threatened' with criticism of behaviour thing.
A tendency not confined to The Met , by any means.
It's hard to see how the decent ones who really do want to serve, can do good policing under those circumstances.
I can just imagine the ostracism suffered, and accusations of 'virtue signalling' or whatever when someone tries to call out poor behaviour in the organisation.
Can you imagine trying to challenge apparently 'harmless' banter in these circs.?
Forever condemned, and sidelined for committing that most heinous of 'British' crimes 'Having No Sense of Humour' 🙄
As if taking things seriously is only for losers.
I can't help feeling that years of police drama, glorifying the 'maverick cop' instead of the one following proper procedure will have fed into the overall tone.
