#Racism in the Met Police. These are the words of a female officer who served in the Met for 26 years. I will be sharing her full statement on my website shortly, and also a second 🧵 on the misogyny she faced. Her words are shocking. #InstitutionalRacism #MetPolice (1) ‘I served in the Metropolitan Police Service for over two decades. I thoroughly enjoyed my job serving and protecting Londoners. It was the internal canteen culture that prompted me to make a heart-breaking decision to take early retirement.’ (2)

I’ve decided to share my experience of being spiked by three male police officers. It’s something I have held inside for a long time, it’s something I have doubted and questioned myself about, it’s something I have no evidence of. But I know it happened. I lived it .. 1of One of the reasons I’ve held back all this time is the fear of not being believed. I get a lot of trolling from #policetwitter and I know they’ll accuse me of making this up ‘for attention’ But I don’t care anymore, people need to know the truth about what it is like to be… 2of

I’m about to share the words of a female police officer. I am not naming her force to protect her anonymity. Her story needs urgent investigation and it is bravery like hers that will one day lead to the elimination of misogyny within UK police forces. TW: sexual harassment. This will be a thread, in her words, sent to me in confidence. Please read her story and share, and help me call for a statutory enquiry into the misogynistic cultures that still exist within *all* UK police forces. Here is her story….