Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Paul Condon has admitted to an ongoing public inquiry that the force failed for decades to properly control its controversial undercover policing unit. Testifying about the actions of the "spycops" unit, Condon stated that while there was appalling behavior by individual officers, the greater fault lay within systemic failures of management and oversight.
The undercover unit was responsible for what Condon described as "horrendous" abuses during its operations. The admissions highlight long-standing systemic deficiencies within London's Metropolitan Police regarding the supervision and regulation of secretive covert operations over multiple decades.
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