to focus instead on identifying colleagues who are unfit to be in the force. helena wilkinson reports. liz, who s 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 police. her abuser, anthony smith, was jailed last august for raping and sexually assaulting three young girls. it s officers like smith and david carrick, another met police officer, who raped and sexually assaulted 12 women over nearly two decades, whose cases have exposed
crime and terrorism to focus instead on identifying colleagues who are unfit to be in the force. hundreds of staff previously accused of sex crimes or domestic abuse are to be urgently reassessed, and more than 600 others are to have their backgrounds re examined. the action is being taken following a recent review which listed a series of scandals that had damaged the met s reputation and cast doubt upon its culture and standards , as our 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
i said, i d like to verify a warrant card. she said, yes, what officer? so i gave the name, gave the warrant card. yes, he is a police officer. what mark didn t realise was the scammers hadn t hung up their side of the call. they d kept the line open and played a fake dialling tone, so mark thought he was ringing the police. well, at that point. we d come together in the office, hadn t we? yeah. i was sort of saying, what s going on? mark said, come and help me, something s going on with our bank account. i was like, how much.how much have we lost, what are we talking? and they said, well, we can t give you that detail but if you d like to phone your own bank by using the number on the back of your bank card, so it alljust seemed very genuine. whenjane rang the bank, once again, the scammers had kept the line open. jane was taken in by the woman on the phone. and so she gradually started to go through all these transactions. 10,000 going to nigeria and 10,000 to spain.
i said, i d like to verify a warrant card. she said, yes, what officer? so i gave the name, gave the warrant card. yes, he is a police officer. what mark didn t realise was the scammers hadn t hung up their side of the call. they d kept the line open and played a fake dialling tone, so mark thought he was ringing the police. well, at that point. we d come together in the office, hadn t we? yeah. i was sort of saying, what s going on? mark said, come and help me, something s going on with our bank account. i was like, how much.how much have we lost, what are we talking? and they said, well, we can t give you that detail but if you d like to phone your own bank by using the number on the back of your bank card, so it alljust seemed very genuine. whenjane rang the bank, once again, the scammers had kept the line open. jane was taken in by the woman on the phone.
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