Broken Yard: The Fall of the Metropolitan Police - Softcover

Tom Harper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785908073 ISBN 13: 9781785908071

Publisher: Biteback Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

“Devastating … A forensic account of the Met’s descent into a national embarrassment.” – Guy Adams, Daily Mail

“This book should be read by every police officer, every politician and everybody who cares about law and order in this country.” – Peter Oborne

“Meticulous and passionate. Tom Harper has written the most authoritative critique of British policing in years.” – Lord Macdonald KC, former Director of Public Prosecutions

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Barely a week goes by without the Metropolitan Police being plunged into a new crisis. Demoralised, Scotland Yard is a shadow of its former self.

Spanning the three decades from the infamous Stephen Lawrence case to the shocking murder of Sarah Everard, Broken Yard charts the Met’s fall from a position of unparalleled power to the troubled and discredited organisation we see today. The result is a devastating picture of a police force riven with corruption, misogyny and incompetence.

Throughout this fully updated edition, which includes an assessment of Mark Rowley’s first year as commissioner and the Met’s failure to adequately vet the likes of Wayne Couzens and David Carrick, Tom Harper makes use of intelligence files, witness statements and first-hand accounts to explain how London’s world-famous police force got itself into this sorry mess – and how it might get itself out of it.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Harper is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist. His honours include Scoop of the Year and Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. Tom has also been nominated as Specialist Journalist of the Year, News Reporter of the Year and Crime and Legal Affairs Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards. He has held senior roles at a number of national newspapers, including The Independent and the Sunday Times.

Edition details

• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785908073
• ISBN 13: 9781785908071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496