Assembly Police and Crime Committee statement on Panorama
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee has today responded to last night’s BBC Panorama programme.
Marina Ahmad AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, said:
“Last night’s BBC1 Panorama programme will have sent a chill through the spine of any law-abiding Londoner.
“What appears to have been common practice at Charing Cross Police Station is shocking and I know my colleagues on the London Assembly Police & Crime Committee will want answers as to how this has been allowed to happen.
“We will be asking some tough questions when the Met appears before us at our meeting on October 16th.
“The Commissioner’s robust response is helpful but we will need to be reassured that these corrupt practices are not endemic within the Met.
“London needs to trust its police force. It’s the job of the London Assembly to hold that force to account and ask why this dreadful situation was ever allowed to happen.”
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