Metropolitan police officers have been caught on film allegedly backing Tommy Robinson and making anti-Muslim remarks.
A BBC Panorama documentary will be aired on Wednesday evening showing the incidents happening at Charing Cross Police station between August 2024 and January 2025.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has been provided with the allegations by Panorama, but the full details are unknown until the programme airs tonight.
The filming is believed to show a Met cop making comments in support of Tommy Robinson in the undercover BBC documentary.
The Met Police has suspended nine officers, and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation, one cop is under criminal investigation.
The undercover film alleges Met police officers using excessive force against suspects who were being held at the police station, including a young person.
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The film alleges that the Met officers made anti-Muslim comments as well as anti-female remarks.
In 2019 Charing Cross station was at the centre of a scandal following an IOPC investigation revealing awful details sharing messages about raping women and the Holocaust, this then led to Cressida Dick being ousted as the commissioner in 2022.
Sir Mark was bought out of retirement to replace Dick and he pledged to turn around the Metropolitan Police and restore their image, but many say he has failed.
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told LBC, “The behaviour outlined in this programme is disgraceful, totally unacceptable and contrary to the values and standards displayed by thousands of brave Met officers and staff every day. No-one will be more appalled than them.
We took immediate and unprecedented action to investigate these allegations and within 24 hours of them being recorded, eight officers and one staff member had been suspended, with two more officers removed from frontline duties.
“Since 2022 more than 1,400 officers have exited the Met for failing to meet our standards – representing the biggest clear-out in the force’s history. This was possible because hundreds of good officers and staff have stepped up and are making three times more reports about bad behaviour than they were three years ago. And for this I am grateful.
“But, as evidenced by this programme, much more needs to be done to tackle the individuals and cliques whose appalling behaviour continues to let down their colleagues and Londoners. Our resolve to identify, confront and get rid of them is absolute.”
