HOME Secretary Suella Braverman demanded today that the Metropolitan Police shows it is "rooting out the rapists" as London reels in shock at the horrifying crimes committed by sex fiend officer David Carrick.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, she stressed that "real change is needed now" to stop offenders like Carrick "slipping through the net" and using their positions of power as police officers to carry out "sickening crimes".
His campaign of sex offences would "inevitably undermine" the trust that the public has in the capital's police, she added.
Her comments came as Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley admitted he could not promise women in London that police officers to whom they report crimes were not themselves sex offenders.
But he vowed to "ruthlessly" identify hundreds of officers or staff who needed to be kicked out of the force. Some 1,000 previously examined complaints of sexual or domestic abuse involving 800 officers were being urgently re-examined with the failings in the Carrick case indicating that further mistakes were likely to be uncovered.
The 48-year-old, once a trusted armed officer in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, has been revealed as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders. Ms Braverman said: "David Carrick's heinous crimes will have shocked and appalled people across London. I spoke to Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley yesterday and discussed how the Met Police have an effective plan in place to rapidly improve their vetting processes.
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