'Toxic leader' | Met Police's HR chief under fire amid fallout from scathing force review

The Metropolitan Police’s HR chief has come under fire as the fallout from the controversial Casey Review continues.

But the Met’s most senior officer Mark Rowley has rushed to support the force’s Chief People Officer Clare Davies, who this week has been described as a “toxic leader” who is “out of her depth”.

An independent report, released earlier this month (March 2023), found the capital's police ranks to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself.

The Baroness Casey Review was commissioned in 2021 by then-head of the force Cressida Dick, after serving officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of Sarah Everard, a shocking case that put a spotlight on the force's broader culture.