After a date with a sexist police officer, I understand why the Met is so rotten

After a date with a sexist police officer, I understand why the Met is so rotten

A few years ago, in between lockdowns, I got asked out by a serving Met Police officer. I hesitated from the outset – after all, this was just a few months after Sarah Everard had been kidnapped, raped and killed by Met officer Wayne Couzens, leaving women like me, in London, feeling shocked, distressed, and distinctly unsafe.Public trust – specifically, women’s trust – in the police force was at an all-time low. We talked about it among ourselv…