Overview

• Within 48 hours of receiving the allegations, the Met suspended nine serving officers and one staff member and removed two more from frontline duties.
• The IOPC said 11 current and former officers are under investigation for potential gross misconduct, and one constable faces a criminal probe for alleged perverting the course of justice.
• Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologized and said cases with incontrovertible evidence will be sent to fast‑track misconduct hearings within weeks with likely dismissal.
• Panorama reporter Rory Bibb worked undercover as a detention officer, documenting support for far‑right activist Tommy Robinson and explicit accounts of violence toward detainees.
• Political leaders including Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the footage and backed the watchdog’s inquiry, while the Met Police Federation emphasized due process.