When a department issues instructions to civilians on how best to protect themselves from police, it’s painfully clear where the real problem lies
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick Photo: Ming Yeung/Getty Images When Wayne Couzens stopped Sarah Everard in early March, prosecutors say he used his position as a police officer — his warrant card, his handcuffs — to force her into his car, on the pretense of violating COVID restrictions.
The situation, as described by prosecutors, does not sound like one in which Everard would have had many moments to solicit outside help. But that is what London’s Metropolitan Police suggested anyone who feels “real and imminent danger” from one of its members should do going forward. “All officers,” a statement from the force advised, “will, of course, know about this case,” and will be anticipating increased scrutiny from the public.
Speaking to Sky News on Friday morning, policing minister Kit Malthouse reiterated that recommendation. “If anybody has any doubts about that police officer,” Malthouse said, according to the Guardian, “they should question the officer on what they’re doing and, if there are any doubts, they should ask to speak to the control room on that officer’s radio or call 999 … that is the devastating consequence of this awful man’s actions.
It has also been a very difficult time for the people the Met serves, particularly those who find themselves vulnerable simply because of their gender and gender identity. In the immediate aftermath of Everard’s disappearance, with a police officer pegged as the prime suspect, the Met responded to the public’s safety concerns by placing more cops on the streets, as if law enforcement weren’t the source of that fear. In the U.S.
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