The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has initiated multiple independent investigations into concerns that officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) failed to take appropriate action in response to serious criminal allegations against former police officer David Carrick. The investigations were launched after the MPS concluded a review last year without identifying any conduct matters. The IOPC’s own review, conducted at the request of the MPS, found evidence to support four separate investigations into the conduct of eight MPS officers and one staff member.
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One of the investigations will focus on a 2002 harassment allegation made against Carrick by a former partner. The MPS conducted an investigation into the allegation, but it was not referred to its Department of Professional Standards (DPS), and Carrick was only spoken to by his line manager. The other investigations will examine the role of MPS officers in cases involving harassment and stalking allegations in 2016 and 2019, as well as a rape allegation in February 2021.
