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Met chief admits police officers guilty of misogyny and homophobia must go

METROPOLITAN Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has admitted that hundreds of officers should be sacked from the force, following a damning report into sexism, misogyny and homophobia within police ranks. 

Baroness Louise Casey’s interim report on misconduct proceedings and culture in the Met, published yesterday, found officers guilty of breaking the law were escaping justice. 

Less than 1 per cent of officers with multiple misconduct cases against them have been sacked, including those facing allegations for sexual assault, corruption and domestic abuse, it says. 

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