METROPOLITAN Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has admitted that hundreds of officers should be sacked from the force, following a damning report into sexism, misogyny and homophobia within police ranks. 

Baroness Louise Casey’s interim report on misconduct proceedings and culture in the Met, published yesterday, found officers guilty of breaking the law were escaping justice. 

Less than 1 per cent of officers with multiple misconduct cases against them have been sacked, including those facing allegations for sexual assault, corruption and domestic abuse, it says. 

In one case, an officer had faced 11 misconduct claims involving assault, sexual harassment and fraud. He remains a serving police officer.

The report found that the bar for what is considered gross misconduct, a sackable offence, is too high. 

It also found that there was a racial disparity throughout the Met’s misconduct system, calling out a “systemic bias” against black and Asian police officers. 

Baroness Casey said that while there had been a slight improvement on this issue, the stats were still “appalling.”

“Cases are taking too long to resolve, allegations are more likely to be dismissed than acted upon, the burden on those raising concerns is too heavy and there is racial disparity across the system,” she wrote.

Sir Mark told the BBC on Monday that he was appalled by the findings, which he said shows that hundreds of people who should have been sacked were still in uniform.

He said that he will be pushing for new powers to speed up the disciplinary process and to make it easier to kick out corrupt cops. 

The report was commissioned in the aftermath of the rape, kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met PC Wayne Couzens. A full report is expected to be published next year. 

London Mayor Sadiq Khan suggested that former Met leader Dame Cressida Dick was to blame for the failures identified in the report 

Comparing Dame Cressida, who was ousted from her role last year over concerns she was failing to tackle racism and sexism in the Met, with her successor, Mr Khan said: “Here’s the difference, you don’t have a commissioner in Sir Mark who is lethargic, defensive or arrogant. 

“You have got a commissioner with a plan to address those issues and with a plan to win back trust and confidence.”