Met Police in new Couzens probe as force vows to protect women and girls
A senior officer admitted a vetting check on Wayne Couzens was not done ‘correctly’ when he joined the Met in 2018.
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A senior officer admitted a vetting check on Wayne Couzens was not done ‘correctly’ when he joined the Met in 2018.
Met Police has committed to rebuilding its trust with the public and in particular women after the Sarah Everard tragedy.
Senior officer admits vetting check was not done ‘correctly’ on convicted murderer
Met Police has committed to rebuilding its trust with the public and in particular women after the Sarah Everard tragedy.
“There’s never been more tools in the toolkit when it comes to helping victim-survivors of domestic abuse reach what, for them, would be a positive outcome,” says Det Ch Insp Geoff Tachauer, who leads the investigation teams for domestic abuse in Havering, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham. But despite this, new figures published by the Met show that by the force’s own standards, it is failing. The Met keeps an annual count of “positive outcomes” - the police term for when a suspect is charged, summonsed, fined or cautioned. Over the last five years, the positive outco...