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Met Police probing over 100 cops for race discrimination complaints, alleged homophobia and drug raps

THE Met Police is probing 100 cops for race discrimination complaints, official figures reveal.

A further 15 are being investigated for alleged homophobia and 22 for possible drug raps.

The Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley took over the scandal-plagued Met in July
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The Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley took over the scandal-plagued Met in July

The stats, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, pile pressure on Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley to clean up the Met.

He this week admitted his force was harbouring “hundreds” of racists and misogynists.

His comments follow a report by Baroness Casey — prompted after the murder of Sarah Everard — that called the Met’s misconduct system “not fit for purpose”.

It revealed 1,800 serving cops and police staff were allowed to continue despite multiple misconduct raps.

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One serving cop faced 11 misconduct cases involving abuse, sexual harassment and fraud.

All of the cases revealed to us are being probed by the Met’s misconduct unit, although some may be criminal offences.

A source said staff at the force were encouraged to report hate crimes and other offences.

They added there was a “low bar” — below the criminal threshold — for what was investigated.

In evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday, Met boss Sir Mark said: “I’ve got tens of thousands of great people and hundreds of people who shouldn’t be with me.

"We have police officers who have gained serious criminal convictions . . . that we can’t sack. The final word [for removing them] sits with independent tribunals.”

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “We need urgent action.”

And Tory MP Tim Loughton said: “Sir Mark Rowley has a lot to sort out to get the force back on the rails.”

The Met said: “Conduct matters are internal disciplinary investigations.

"The majority of these would not constitute criminal offences.”

They added: "The figures given in response to the FOI request show a count of ‘conduct matters’ rather than criminal investigations.

"Conduct matters are internal disciplinary investigations where circumstances indicate that an officer or member of police staff may have breached the standards expected of them. Police officers are held to a high professional standard, and the majority of these conduct matters would not constitute criminal offences.

"We are sorry that the information provided does not correspond to the information requested."

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