commissioner, sir mark rowley, has said there are hundreds of officers serving in the force who should not be there. it follows an investigation into more than a thousand staff, which was launched after serving officers were convicted of murder and rape. 0ur reporterjayne mccubbin has spoken to one woman who was sexually assaulted by a met policeman she s revealed her identity to help others come forward. how did anthony smith view his uniform? i how did anthony smith view his uniform? ~ ., , how did anthony smith view his uniform? ~ ., , ., ., ., uniform? i think he was a good olice uniform? i think he was a good police officer uniform? i think he was a good police officer in uniform? i think he was a good police officer in many - uniform? i think he was a good j police officer in many respects. uniform? i think he was a good - police officer in many respects. we received commendations, yet by putting that uniform on, by having that warrant card, it enabled him to carry out the
says she believes the force is now moving in the right direction. she has waived her right to anonymity to speak to the bbc and has been talking to our correspondentjayne mccubbin. he was a good police officer in many respects, yet by putting that uniform on, by having that warrant card, it enabled him to carry out these acts, thinking he was untouchable. where would i go to, if i can t go to. i can t go to the police? he is the police. last august, former met police officer anthony smith was jailed for 2h years for the rape and sexual assault of three young girls. the youngest was 13. he had started to groom liz when she was 1a. he groomed you. mm hm. and he knew you were an ideal person to groom. i had grown up in a single parent family. my mum had significant mental health issues, and when i was 13, i was abused by a school bus driver.
today at one metropolitan police officers are taken off their work investigating serious crime and terrorism, so they can help root out wrongdoing within the force. the head of the met says his clean up campaign will mean many staff being removed from duty in the next few years. we have hundreds of people who shouldn t be here, and the tens of thousands of good men and women here are as embarrassed and angry about that as anybody, and they are helping me, they are helping us sort them out. we talk to a woman groomed and then abused by a serving police officer when she was a teenager. by putting that uniform on, by having that warrant card, it enabled him to carry out these acts, thinking he was untouchable.
today at one metropolitan police officers are taken off their work investigating serious crime and terrorism, so they can help root out wrongdoing within the force. the head of the met says his clean up campaign will mean many staff being removed from duty in the next few years. we have hundreds of people who shouldn t be here, and the tens of thousands of good men and women here are as embarrassed and angry about that as anybody, and they are helping me, they are helping us sort them out. we talk to a woman groomed and then abused by a serving police officer when she was a teenager. by putting that uniform on, by having that warrant card, it enabled him to carry out these acts, thinking he was untouchable. we ll be looking at the future
and domestic abuse against officers and staff over a ten year period there were 196 people who needed to be risk assessed or re vetted and another 689 cases that needed to be looked at again in case there were missed lines of inquiry or new ones. the commissioner, mark rowley, also says he needs new powers to be able to sack people. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson reports. liz, who has waived her anonymity, was groomed and sexually abused by a serving metropolitan police officer when she was a teenager in the 1990s. he was a good police officer in many respects. yet by putting that uniform on, by having that warrant card, it enabled him to carry out these acts thinking he was untouchable. where would i go to if i can t go to the police? he is the