Four police officers and a staff member will face disciplinary proceedings after investigations into the handling of allegations against serial rapist David Carrick.
The Met Police announced in July last year it was carrying out four independent investigations into what actions were taken after four reports of serious offending were made against Carrick between 2002 and 2021, while he was a serving officer.
Carrick was eventually arrested in October 2021 and then jailed in February 2023.
A detective sergeant will face a gross misconduct hearing, while three other officers and a staff member will face misconduct hearings for alleged breaches of the police standards of professional behaviour, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said.
Those facing disciplinary proceedings all worked in the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) at the time.
Last year Carrick was sentenced to a minimum term of 30 years in prison for 49 violent and sexual offences, including 24 counts of rape.
One of the UK’s worst sex offenders, Carrick was convicted of crimes against 12 women over 17 years.
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He joined the force in 2001 before becoming an armed officer in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection unit in 2009.
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Timeline of missed opportunities
Carrick passed checks to become a firearms officer in 2009 despite a domestic incident five years earlier.
He was formally dismissed from the Met in January last year and was stripped of his state-funded Metropolitan Police pension this February.
The force has apologised and admitted the PC should have been rooted out earlier.
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