Serving Met police officer arrested after BBC Panorama investigation
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the path of justice in the investigation of a BBC Panorama probe. According to a Met statement, the sergeant based at Charing Cross police station was arrested in connection with an incident on Thursday. They have since been arrested and suspended from service. Following an undercover probe by aPanorama undercover investigation that revealed serving Metropolitan Police officers at the central London station, who demanded that immigrants be shot, revelled in the use of force, and denied rape allegations, the detention was dismissed.
According to Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Valentine, the sergeant was arrested by the Met's directorate of professional standards on Thursday evening. In a tweet, Mr Valentine said,
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to light, he explained.We continue to encourage and assist all our officers and employees in reporting allegations of criminal conduct and conduct so we can respond quickly.
Following the Panorama probe's conclusion, the BBC sent a lengthy list of allegations to the Met, which then suspended eight officers and one staff member, as well as booting two more officers off front-line positions. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the behavior outlined by the program was "completely intolerable, totally ineffective, and in breach of the force's values and requirements.
