Shape up or quit the force, Met chief tells her officers

EMBATTLED Scotland Yard chief Dame Cressida Dick has warned her officers about ‘appalling’ behaviour, saying: ‘Enough is enough.’

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner wrote to 43,000 officers and staff to say the force’s reputation had been battered by repeated cases of ‘poor conduct and nasty and inappropriate behaviour’.

Prejudice, homophobia, racism and sexism would not be tolerated, she said, adding: ‘If this is you, I have a message: the Met does not want you. Leave now.’

Dame Cressida conceded that Scotland Yard’s reputation had been tarnished and public confidence in the force had fallen. She said: ‘This is serious and it is urgent. To lose public consent would be unthinkable. Action is needed now. Enough is enough.’

Her warning comes in the wake of an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which found that Met officers had shared vile messages featuring socalled jokes about rape and killing black children.