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POLICE forces have been asked to check all officers against national police databases to identify suspected sexual predators following the sacking of serial rapist David Carrick.
The Home Office said on Wednesday that the measure will identify those who “slipped through the net” before vetting practices were toughened up.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has also asked the College of Policing to strengthen the statutory code of practice for police vetting, making the obligations all forces must legally follow stricter and clearer.
DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media
To quell the public anger and silence the far right, Labour has rushed out a report so that it can launch a National Inquiry — ANN CZERNIK examines Baroness Casey’s incendiary audit and finds fatal flaws that fail to 'draw a line' under the scandal as hoped
Court of Appeal rules key anti-protest legislation was forced through unlawfully