A confidential report written by Brian Paddick, current Lib-Dem candidate for London Mayor, has been leaked to the Guardian eight years after it was delivered to Sir John Stevens, the then Met Commissioner.
It backs-up the stance of the current Met Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe and of his stated aim to keep a firm grip on racism in the Met as being totally unacceptable.
Various informed commentators have responded by saying that the Met took its eye off the ball in relation to the MacPherson Report into the death of Stephen Lawrence which accused the Met of 'instituational racism', something which the Met bitterly resented.
Paddick's report is informed by his time as Borough Commander for Lambeth, when he effectively decriminalised the possession of cannabis for personal use, a move which was seen locally as enlightened and positive, but for which he received a lot of criticisim from Met colleagues.
It backs-up the stance of the current Met Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe and of his stated aim to keep a firm grip on racism in the Met as being totally unacceptable.
Various informed commentators have responded by saying that the Met took its eye off the ball in relation to the MacPherson Report into the death of Stephen Lawrence which accused the Met of 'instituational racism', something which the Met bitterly resented.
Paddick's report is informed by his time as Borough Commander for Lambeth, when he effectively decriminalised the possession of cannabis for personal use, a move which was seen locally as enlightened and positive, but for which he received a lot of criticisim from Met colleagues.
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