Sir Mark Rowley apologises to Sarah Everard's family as he vows to 'go faster' in overhauling the Met

Evening Standard

Sir Mark Rowley on Tuesday issued a new apology to the family of Sarah Everard as he vowed to “double down and go faster” in overhauling the Met in response to the catastrophic failures which led to her murder.The Met Commissioner told the London Policing Board that Ms Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens had damaged the trust between the force and the public by committing his “horrific” crimes while abusing his position as Governor a Met officer.

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00:00 There's nothing we can say to the family of Sarah Everard and all those who loved her

00:05 that can ever convey how deeply, deeply sorry we are.

00:08 Wayne Cousins' crimes were horrific. The fact that he abused his position as Metropolitan

00:12 Police Officer to carry them out represents the most appalling betrayal of trust. It also

00:18 damages the relationship between the public and the police and exposes long-standing fundamental

00:23 flaws in the way the police decide who's fit to be an officer and the way we pursue those

00:28 who corrupt our integrity once they get in.

00:31 The report published today is an urgent call to action for all of us in policing. We must

00:35 go further, faster, to earn back the trust of all those whose confidence in policing

00:40 has been shaken by the events of recent years.

00:44 Regardless of the significant progress we've made over the past year, the scale of the

00:47 challenge that's needed inevitably means it will take time and our work is certainly not

00:51 yet complete.

00:53 The majority of our Met colleagues share my own determination to reform, both by confronting

00:57 the risks posed by predatory men in policing and also improving our protection of women

01:03 and children across London.

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