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"More than 130 officers and staff within the Metropolitan Police, including two convicted serial rapists, committed crimes or misconduct due to significant failures in the force's vetting processes, a review has found. David Carrick, one of the UK's most prolific sex offenders, who received 37 life sentences, was improperly vetted in 2017. Checks failed to reveal a domestic abuse allegation against him."
"Cliff Mitchell, who carried out a "campaign of rape" on two victims over nine years, was allowed to join the force in 2020. A vetting panel, partly aimed at improving diversity, overturned an initial rejection despite a previous accusation of him raping a child. Other serious crimes committed by the officers and staff include drug use, racism, violence and affray."
A news outlet seeks donations to fund reporters, to send journalists to cover developing stories and to keep reporting free of paywalls, arguing quality journalism should be available to everyone and funded by those who can afford it. A vetting review found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff committed crimes or misconduct due to significant failures in vetting over the ten years to the end of March 2023. Those failures included improper vetting of David Carrick in 2017, with checks missing a domestic abuse allegation, and the recruitment of Cliff Mitchell in 2020 after a panel overturned a rejection despite a prior rape accusation. Other offences included drug use, racism, violence and affray, and thousands of officers and staff were not properly checked amid pressure.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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