UK police forces told to hunt rogue officers who ‘slipped through the net’

David Carrick rape case prompts call for all officers to be checked against national police databases

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is to ask all forces to check their officers against national police databases to help identify anyone who “slipped through the net” before vetting standards were toughened, in response to the David Carrick rape case.

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has also asked the College of Policing to strengthen the statutory code of practice for police vetting, making the obligations that all forces must legally follow stricter and clearer.