Judging by news stories from recent years, you’d have thought that the Met already had enough rapists that they wouldn’t need to try and increase their representation?
OldPulteney on
I was all ready to say “I’m sure they didn’t know he was a rapist” but no….they knew he had allegations against him and went right ahead
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Univeralise on
Surely this panel should be held accountable for overturning the initial decision?
South_Buy_3175 on
The diversity in this case him being a rapist?
Whats next then? A murderer? A nonce? A fraudster?
I don’t know man, I think the idea of trying to ‘catch em’ all’ doesn’t apply to diversity hires.
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MoHeeKhan on
Remove those that were on the vetting panel from all positions of authority and decision making. They put children in the direct path of the worst kind of danger.
Accurate_Group_5390 on
Thank god this mishap was limited to the police and not something important like surgeons or pilots.
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strawbebbymilkshake on
Jesus Christ, the headline actually downplays this. They knew he was a child rapist and took him on anyway. Evil.
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Elliotjpearson on
When are people going to realise that positive discrimination is still, very much, discrimination? It’s really not rocket science
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incoghollowell on
“a previous allegation” is the key element of this situation. Should every person accused of a horrible crime be permanently barred from any career that is tied to that crime? In this particular instance the vetting panel did a terrible job, but I don’t think we can offhand ignore that the person was never declared guilty for the crime they (in hindsight) obviously committed.
Salty_Pie_3852 on
This is less to do with racial diversity – which the Met don’t give a shit about – and more to do with the Met simply not giving a fuck about rape or women/girl’s rights.
Important_Ruin on
Its like the Met are trying their hardest to have the worst reputation/distrust by public going.
Doing a very good job at it, and then find ways to continue the downward spiral
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A review has found that the Metropolitan Police let a serial rapist officer join the force after overturning vetting red flags, partly due to pressure to improve ethnic diversity and meet recruitment targets.
PC Cliff Mitchell was initially rejected in 2020 after vetting flagged a prior allegation of raping a child. Senior officers overruled the decision, and he later carried out multiple rapes, including against a child under 13, while serving as a Met officer. He’s now jailed for life.
The review also highlighted failures in the case of David Carrick, one of the UK’s worst sex offenders, whose domestic abuse allegations were missed during vetting.
Overall, 131 officers and staff who were not properly vetted went on to commit crimes or serious misconduct. In total, over 5,000 recruits between 2013–2023 were improperly vetted, largely due to shortcuts taken during a national recruitment drive to hit government targets or lose funding.
Thousands of reference checks were skipped, vetting rules were ignored, and internal panels overturned rejections. The report says these decisions increased risk, caused police-perpetrated harm, and badly damaged public trust.
Since 2022, the Met says it has tightened vetting and removed around 1,500 officers, while the Home Secretary has now ordered an independent inspection into the force’s recruitment and vetting processes.
WillWatsof on
I think it’s great the Met have identified that so many of their rapists are white and are trying to encourage some diversity.
MrSoapbox on
This headline is so absolutely ridiculous that I’m not going to read the article because something so outlandish just wouldn’t happen in a real country.
I do have a quick question though, are we a real country?
Euclid_Interloper on
Could we, as a society, stop giving the far right open goals, for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES?!?
I swear, it’s like the British state is self sabotaging itself at every turn.
LazyScribePhil on
This article is conflating a whole bunch of separate things into one phenomenon and making it sound like they’re the same.
I mean, that the Met is institutionally not fit for purpose is clear. But there are several things over different time periods mentioned here (two 2017 cases, then the PUP, which began in 2019) that are reported as being the same issue, which they’re clearly not.
Also the headline makes it sound like a diversity thing but the second case they cite is a white guy at the same time as the guy in the headline (who had one, not serial, allegation against him) who also wasn’t vetted. There’s something rotten in that force but to make out it’s a diversity thing in the current climate is nothing short of irresponsible (as well as poor journalism, but it’s LBC, so 🤷🏻♂️).
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Judging by news stories from recent years, you’d have thought that the Met already had enough rapists that they wouldn’t need to try and increase their representation?
I was all ready to say “I’m sure they didn’t know he was a rapist” but no….they knew he had allegations against him and went right ahead
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Surely this panel should be held accountable for overturning the initial decision?
The diversity in this case him being a rapist?
Whats next then? A murderer? A nonce? A fraudster?
I don’t know man, I think the idea of trying to ‘catch em’ all’ doesn’t apply to diversity hires.
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Remove those that were on the vetting panel from all positions of authority and decision making. They put children in the direct path of the worst kind of danger.
Thank god this mishap was limited to the police and not something important like surgeons or pilots.
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Jesus Christ, the headline actually downplays this. They knew he was a child rapist and took him on anyway. Evil.
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When are people going to realise that positive discrimination is still, very much, discrimination? It’s really not rocket science
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“a previous allegation” is the key element of this situation. Should every person accused of a horrible crime be permanently barred from any career that is tied to that crime? In this particular instance the vetting panel did a terrible job, but I don’t think we can offhand ignore that the person was never declared guilty for the crime they (in hindsight) obviously committed.
This is less to do with racial diversity – which the Met don’t give a shit about – and more to do with the Met simply not giving a fuck about rape or women/girl’s rights.
Its like the Met are trying their hardest to have the worst reputation/distrust by public going.
Doing a very good job at it, and then find ways to continue the downward spiral
A review has found that the Metropolitan Police let a serial rapist officer join the force after overturning vetting red flags, partly due to pressure to improve ethnic diversity and meet recruitment targets.
PC Cliff Mitchell was initially rejected in 2020 after vetting flagged a prior allegation of raping a child. Senior officers overruled the decision, and he later carried out multiple rapes, including against a child under 13, while serving as a Met officer. He’s now jailed for life.
The review also highlighted failures in the case of David Carrick, one of the UK’s worst sex offenders, whose domestic abuse allegations were missed during vetting.
Overall, 131 officers and staff who were not properly vetted went on to commit crimes or serious misconduct. In total, over 5,000 recruits between 2013–2023 were improperly vetted, largely due to shortcuts taken during a national recruitment drive to hit government targets or lose funding.
Thousands of reference checks were skipped, vetting rules were ignored, and internal panels overturned rejections. The report says these decisions increased risk, caused police-perpetrated harm, and badly damaged public trust.
Since 2022, the Met says it has tightened vetting and removed around 1,500 officers, while the Home Secretary has now ordered an independent inspection into the force’s recruitment and vetting processes.
I think it’s great the Met have identified that so many of their rapists are white and are trying to encourage some diversity.
This headline is so absolutely ridiculous that I’m not going to read the article because something so outlandish just wouldn’t happen in a real country.
I do have a quick question though, are we a real country?
Could we, as a society, stop giving the far right open goals, for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES?!?
I swear, it’s like the British state is self sabotaging itself at every turn.
This article is conflating a whole bunch of separate things into one phenomenon and making it sound like they’re the same.
I mean, that the Met is institutionally not fit for purpose is clear. But there are several things over different time periods mentioned here (two 2017 cases, then the PUP, which began in 2019) that are reported as being the same issue, which they’re clearly not.
Also the headline makes it sound like a diversity thing but the second case they cite is a white guy at the same time as the guy in the headline (who had one, not serial, allegation against him) who also wasn’t vetted. There’s something rotten in that force but to make out it’s a diversity thing in the current climate is nothing short of irresponsible (as well as poor journalism, but it’s LBC, so 🤷🏻♂️).