The toxic culture of the Metropolitan Police Service
The case of David Carrick is the latest in a line-up of horrors
PREDATORS THRIVE in institutions that smooth access to victims. The Metropolitan Police Service is no exception. David Carrick, who on January 16th (and in an earlier hearing) pleaded guilty to 24 counts of rape and dozens more sexual offences over a 20-year period, used his position as a Met officer to prey on women, showing them his warrant card to win their trust and telling them later they would not be believed. The Met says that on nine separate occasions it and other police forces had been made aware of “off-duty incidents” involving Mr Carrick. Despite a “pattern of behaviour that should have raised concerns”, the force failed to notice it was harbouring one of Britain’s most prolific rapists.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Predators in the police”
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