What is being done by the Met Police to stamp out homophobia and hate crimes in London?
The Metropolitan Police Service is committed to a program of continuous improvement in terms of our service delivery to hate crime victims and to potential hate crime victims. Just as importantly, the Metropolitan Police Service is committed to holding perpetrators to account. What I certainly want to get across is the fact that our organisation is committed to being an employer of choice, so we’ve got various programs and activities that we undertake to ensure we’re inclusive of all our staff across the board irrespective of age, gender, colour, ethnicity and sexual orientation. It’s about us – as the Metropolitan Police Service – clearly valuing our staff and professionalising them, irrespective of background, to do a good job for Londoners and to do a good job for the people who live, work and travel through London. That’s what we’re about. It’s about professionalising our staff, it’s about proving what our staff can do to improve our service delivery to victims and prospective vict
