Bacon placed in Muslim police officer’s boots as racist behaviour ‘dismissed’ by Met

The report said racist and other discriminatory behaviour was often “tolerated, ignored or dismissed as ‘banter’.”

It detailed how one black officer, who worked for PaDP guarding a building, was referred to by his colleagues as a “gate monkey”, which he said he took as a racial slur.

One senior officer described how he was asked in a meeting last year: “Did you get to where you got because you are black?”

‘Ugly truth is that Met is riddled with racism’

Another former officer told the review: “The ugly truth is that the organisation is riddled with racism – how much have people like me acquiesced?”

A black female officer described how she had been on patrol with a more senior officer when they intercepted a white female member of the public buying drugs from a black person.

She said the senior officer had called the white woman a “n—– lover”, a “slag”, and a “dirty woman”.

The black officer said the experience had left her feeling as if she wanted to resign from the Met.

The review found that black officers were less likely to get promoted and were 81 per cent more likely to find themselves in the misconduct system.

It warned that at the current rate of recruitment, it would take 39 years for the Met to reflect the diversity of the community that it polices.