A top City Hall figure has been asked if the mayor of London Sadiq Khan “should consider his position” after the Met Police was placed into special measures.<br /><br />Sophie Linden, Mr Khan’s deputy mayor for policing, has been grilled on the shock news that the capital’s police force has been placed into a watchdog process known as Engage.<br /><br />It follows months of scandal for the embattled force, which saw Mr Khan lose confidence in the leadership of commissioner Dame Cressida Dick earlier this year.<br /><br />A string of crises has dogged the Met, from the murder of Sarah Everard at the hands of serving armed cop Wayne Couzens and a grim report into vile racist and misogynistic texts sent by officers at Charing Cross police station; to outrage over the strip searches of black children sparked by the treatement of 15-year-old Child Q, and ongoing concerns into homophobic attitudes surrounding the investigation into serial Grindr killer Stephen Port.<br /><br />Video: London Assembly
