Police officers should have their phones randomly searched in order to tackle misogyny, the former Met boss has said
"When I was a Met constable it was a pretty sexist, racist organisation, but the idea that anybody would say 'what women need is a good slap' is just inconceivable."
He went on: "These social networks are entirely secret and I think what's going to have to happen is that the Met will have to have a deal that people can randomly have their phones examined." His comments come after a series of damning revelations about conduct within the Met - much of it relating to activity on social media sites.
In November two officers admitting sharing photos the bodies of two murdered sisters on WhatsApp - an encrypted messaging app - after they were assigned to protect the crime scenes.
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