Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor
21 Jan 2022 · Coroner HH Judge Munro QC · East London
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. investigative failings
“large number of very serious and very basic investigative failings, described by DAC as”
2. lack of professional curiosity
“lack of professional curiosity”
3. officer misconduct
“misconduct procedures against individual officers”
4. potential prejudice in investigations
“MPS to consider conducting a review into whether the investigations into these four deaths was impacted in any way by prejudice”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“First, lack of professional curiosity. This is a phrase which has been used to try and capture what lay at the root of many of the individual errors and oversights.”
Later report
“(6) There was a lack of professional curiosity and a lack of sufficient probing into information relevant to risk.”
Responses
2022-0017-Response-from-DCMS.pdf ↗· College of Policing and DCMS
2022-0017-Response-from-MPS_Published.pdf ↗· Metropolitan Police Service
Stated action · 30th June 2022
“the MPS will embed these changes across the whole organisation by 30th June 2022.”
2022-0017-Response-from-NPCC-and-College-of-Policing_Published-1.pdf ↗· College of Policing and DCMS