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London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior

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London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior
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The police commissioner spoke after the BBC broadcast video showing officers making sexualized comments, reveling in the use of violence and expressing racist views. London’s police chief apologized on Wednesday after an undercover reporter filmed officers making sexualized comments, reveling in the use of violence and expressing racist views. “The behavior depicted in this program is reprehensible and completely unacceptable,” Mark Rowley, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police of London, said in a statement. He added, “I am truly sorry.” The footage, part of a documentary about police conduct broadcast by the BBC on Wednesday, has renewed the pressure on a force still reeling after a number of previous scandals that shook public confidence in British policing. In the video, one officer could be seen making dismissive comments about accusations of rape and domestic violence made by a pregnant woman,… (Updated 2 Oct 2025, 05:00 IST; source: link)