U.K. Metropolitan Police to Require Officers to Declare Freemason Membership

Credit: Geograph Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has introduced a new policy requiring its officers and staff members to declare whether they are Freemasons.

The MPS wrote in a statement on X, “There have been calls going back a number of years for the role of Freemasonry in policing to be properly addressed, including as a recommendation in the report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel.”

“We strongly believe that failing to act on these...