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Metropolitan Police Weighs Freemason Disclosure for Officers
9/29/2025
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- Metropolitan Police may require officers to disclose Freemason membership due to investigations.
- A consultation is underway to potentially add Freemasonry to the declarable associations policy.
- Move follows a 2021 report linking Freemason membership to Daniel Morgan's murder.
- Cmdr Simon Messinger says transparency is needed to strengthen trust.
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan opposed a Freemason register on human rights grounds.
