Police officers are to face tougher vetting checks after shocking gaps in processes allowed serial rapist David Carrick to remain in service for almost two decades. A consultation has opened on new ...

Durham Police has been told to improve by a watchdog A police force's vetting and counter-corruption arrangements have been rated inadequate by a watchdog. Durham Police has been told to improve all ...

According to the NPSC boss, the remaining number of officers who served when police was a force could be about 20,000. [Moses Sammy, Standard] Unlike the Johnstone Kavuludi-led National Police Service ...

Police forces will be able to consider even unproved allegations when vetting potential officers in the recruitment process. The Met Police won a legal battle that saw the Court of Appeal overturn a ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote for The Conversation to try to explain why so many men get away with rape. It is now clear that one of those men was a London police officer, PC David Carrick. Carrick has ...

Police officers who fail background checks will be automatically sacked under new rules coming into force to improve confidence in policing. Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday ...