Former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman says officers who allowed offender’s career to flourish must be investigated
and the government are coming under pressure to punish officers who allowed the serial rapist David Carrick to be shielded from the sack despite multiple warnings about his abuse and violence against women during his two decades in the force.Conduct , confirmed it had no plans to investigate how Carrick went undetected.led calls in the Commons, supported by some Tory MPs, for officers who took no action against Carrick to be sacked.
He used his status as a Met officer to facilitate his crimes. Carrick was formally sacked by the Met on Tuesday after a special hearing.Rowley, who is continuing with a reshuffle of his senior team, will launch details of his proposals for reforms for the Met this week. Harriet Harman called for action from the Met to root out officers responsible for Carrick’s continued service.His serial offending was committed while he was a serving Met officer, and in 2009 he was promoted from being a local officer to the elite parliamentary and diplomatic protection command and given a gun.
“We also received information from the MPS [Metropolitan police service], identified in its review, relating to three other incidents in 2004, 2019 and 2021, involving allegations against Carrick. From the information we’ve been provided with so far, we have had no cause to consider using our power of initiative to call these matters in.”
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