MONSTERS IN UNIFORM: How Police Vetting Collapse Unleashed 131 Rogue Officers, Including Serial Rapists, Onto London’s Streets
A damning review reveals a BREACH of public trust so vast it defies belief. More than 130 Metropolitan Police officers and staff, including TWO CONVICTED SERIAL RAPISTS, slipped through shattered vetting processes to wield power over a terrified public.
This isn’t an error. It’s a SYSTEMIC SURRENDER of safety.
The evidence is hideous and undeniable. David Carrick, one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders now serving 37 life sentences, was improperly vetted in 2017. Checks FAILED to spot a domestic abuse allegation. Cliff Mitchell, who waged a “campaign of rape” over nine years, was let onto the force in 2020. A vetting panel OVERTURNED his initial rejection, despite a prior accusation he raped a CHILD.
Why did this happen? Senior commanders chose SPEED over safety. Chasing government recruitment targets and ring-fenced funding, they abandoned national guidelines. The report’s own findings are chilling: thousands of references were never checked. Shortcuts were policy. Over 5,000 officers and staff were not properly vetted. An estimated 1,200 recruits would have been REFUSED under normal rules.
They prioritized diversity targets and political numbers over protecting your family. A now-abolished vetting panel, aimed at tackling disproportionality, overturned 114 vetting refusals; 25 of those individuals later faced misconduct or criminal accusations.
While senior leaders faced political pressure, who paid the price? The victims of Carrick and Mitchell. Every Londoner whose trust has been BETRAYED. The report admits these “deviations” led directly to “police perpetrated harm.”
Commissioner Mark Rowley now vows a cleanup, but the rot was allowed to fester for YEARS. Assistant commissioner Rachel Williams offers hollow apologies, claiming issues are “fixed.” But the damage is done. The report admits they haven’t even checked all 17,355 files where references were missed, estimating 250 more shouldn’t have been hired.
This is the terrifying truth: your protectors were selected by a broken system that valued government targets more than your life.
Author: Kayitsi.com
