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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

No Met officers facing disciplinary inquiry over David Carrick

A general view of the exterior of New Scotland Yard
Anger has been growing that the Met ignored eight warnings about PC David Carrick’s abusive behaviour to women from 2000 to 2021. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Metropolitan police officers, staff and bosses who allowed PC David Carrick to stay in the force despite warnings he could be a danger to women look likely to escape any formal discipline inquiry that could result in them being punished.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it was not planning an investigation into the failings that could lead to disciplinary action being taken, and in the most serious cases dismissal or criminal investigation and trial.

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