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Rachelle Abbott

The Leader podcast: Do you trust the Met police?

A black teenager strip searched at school by police officers is taking civil action against the Metropolitan Police and her school (Sean Dempsey/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

It’s been a week they would rather forget for the Met.

A YouGov poll found that the majority of Londoners think the force is sexist and racist.

There’s been the appalling story of a 15-year-old black school girl in Hackney who was strip searched whilst on her period, without adult supervision.

And all this is happening whilst the selection of a new Met commissioner is on hold until Cressida Dick’s pay-off is sorted out.

Emma Loffhagen is a columnist from the Evening Standard.

She explains what the new commissioner will need to do to improve public opinion and whether or not it’s possible to build back trust in the Met.

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