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[English]

It's completely reprehensible. Um, as

soon as we got the letter from the

Panorama program a couple of weeks ago

um detailing some of the um content that

they had um we suspended 10 officers and

staff and we're now working with the

independent office of police complaints

who we invited in to work as quickly as

possible to get them out the organ get

on get them off the payroll. They're

suspended. They're not anywhere near the

public anymore but I want them off the

payroll and gone as quickly as possible.

Uh, Commissioner, you've been in the job

for three years. You were brought in in

the wake of Sarah Everard's murder and

you promised to to change the Met.

Uh, but our footage in which Met

officers called for immigrants to be

shot and reveled in the use of force

shows you've failed. How can you say

you've been doing enough to change the

force?

We've done an extraordinary amount.

We're partway through the biggest um

counter corruption initiative that

policing has ever seen in this country.

We've removed nearly 1,500 men and women

from the organization. It's 557 removed

last year. Most of that stands on the

brave men and women in the organization

who really care, who are reporting their

colleagues for behaving disgracefully.

We've cleared out an awful lot of the

problem, but there is still more to do.

I've not said that we're through it. Um,

it's going to be a relentless task and

we're all absolutely determined to give

Londoners the policing they deserve in

every case, not just in the majority of

cases. It's helpful that BBC um brought

this to our attention and we will follow

through ruthlessly on that. What the

program I think also shows is and you

see some of the commentary there where

people talking about they're afraid of

our professional standards departments.

They're hiding their behavior. Um, and

we're now diving deeper into the

organization, having cleared out an

awful lot of people, diving deeper into

the organization to find these corrupt

and toxic networks and clicks. Um, we're

using counter terrorism tactics. We're

using specialist data and uh and

intelligence tools to identify and find

them. And we're going to be putting even

more support around our whistleblowers

who who who step forward to make sure

that we can finish the job off that

we've made such big progress on. But

London is watching this. I completely

get it. You're going to be upset and

angry that police officers are uh that

this group of police officers have got

such toxic views.

After you took over Baroness Louise

Casey said in her review that the Met is

institutionally racist and misogynistic.

Uh you've refused to accept that given

the BBC's evidence. Were you wrong? I've

been really clear that we have long-term

systemic problems in the organization

that go to culture, history of culture,

history of leadership, the regulatory

framework around us. There's a whole

range of factors that means that there

are systemic issues that have to be

rooted out. But we're also an

organization that is showing its

absolute determination to do that. The

fact that 1400 men and women in the last

couple of years have stepped forward and

made these reports is indicative of

that. The fact that we've rooted out

more than any police force has ever done

before is indicative of that. And I know

you want to draw me on on the words. I'm

using plain language because we're

practical people. The thing that's going

to make a difference is not words. The

thing that's going to make a difference

is the action. And it's the ruthless

action and relentless action that we're

taking week in and week out as we're

identifying and throwing these people

out of policing. Meanwhile, the front

door matters. We've doubled the failure

rate at our point of entry to the

organizations. We're making far tougher

and more robust vetting decisions. So,

we're not um adding to the problem in

the future.

Well, you say that they're just words,

but people will feel that uh how can you

remove racism and misogyny from the

force if you don't accept the

institutional nature of the problems?

We're showing how we can do that. I say

we've removed 15, we've removed 1500

people. Some commissioners in the past

have used that language, some haven't.

That hasn't fixed the problem. What

we're doing is fixing the problem,

removing record numbers of people,

putting our top um counterterrorism and

organized crime detectives in charge of

doing that and using their covert

tactics, using every tactic possibly

available to u to remove those people as

well as creating the safe environment

for whistleblowers to come forward as

they are doing in record numbers. But of

course, there's more to do that. You can

see in this program that um there are um

some of the comments overheard by

colleagues who are angry and upset and

clearly they didn't step forward because

I think they were seeing sergeants

behaving badly and they were nervous

about stepping forward. So, there's

still more we can do on that, but I'm so

proud of all the officers and staff who

have stepped forward and made a

difference so far, and we will keep

bearing down on

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reprehensible /rɪˈprɛhɛnʃəbəl/ C2	adjective - deserving condemnation; shameful
suspended /səˈspɛndɪd/ B1	verb - temporarily stopped or held in abeyance adjective - temporarily halted
payroll /ˈpeɪroʊl/ B2	noun - list of employees and the wages they are to be paid
commissioner /kəˈmɪʃənər/ B2	noun - a person appointed to oversee a particular area
murder /ˈmɜːrdər/ B1	noun - the unlawful killing of a person
extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːrdɪnəri/ C1	adjective - very unusual or remarkable
corruption /kəˈrʌpʃən/ C1	noun - dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power
organization /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ B1	noun - an organized group of people with a particular purpose
relentless /rɪˈlɛntləs/ C1	adjective - unceasing; not yielding
determined /dɪˈtɜːrmɪnd/ B2	adjective - having made a firm decision; resolute
whistleblower /ˈwɪslˌbloʊər/ C1	noun - a person who exposes wrongdoing
toxic /ˈtɒk.sɪk/ B2	adjective - containing poison; harmful
systemic /sɪˈstɛmɪk/ C1	adjective - relating to a system; affecting the whole system
racist /ˈreɪsɪst/ B2	adjective - showing prejudice based on race
misogynistic /ˌmɪsəˈdʒɪnɪstɪk/ C2	adjective - showing hatred or prejudice against women
evidence /ˈɛvɪdəns/ B2	noun - information indicating whether a belief is true
regulatory /ˈrɛgjʊlətɔːri/ C1	adjective - relating to the control of something
framework /ˈfreɪmˌwɜːrk/ C1	noun - a basic structure underlying a system
robust /roʊˈbʌst/ C1	adjective - strong and healthy; vigorous
covert /ˈkʌvərt/ C1	adjective - not openly acknowledged; secret