Stephen Lawrence brother: Time ticking for Met reform

The brother of murdered Stephen Lawrence says Londoners are not getting the police service they deserve, adding "time is ticking" for the chief of the Metropolitan Police to make reforms.

Stuart Lawrence says he believes the London Policing Board, which was set up last September to monitor the force, is becoming a space for it to get a "pat on the back".

Speaking to Eddie Nestor on BBC Radio London, Dr Lawrence, who had a 15-year career as a teacher and has worked for the Home Office and at HMP Belmarsh, is one of 17 of the oversight .

In 1999, a public inquiry found the first investigation into the racist murder of 18-year-old Stephen in south London in 1993 had been "marred by a combination of professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership by senior officers".

Dr Lawrence's comments come one year after another damning review, by Baroness Casey, into failings within the force, which found it to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic.

The report made 16 recommendations, including the creation of the London Policing Board to "oversee and scrutinise" the implementation of those reforms.

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