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SARAH EVERARD: ALL POLICE FORCES IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO REVIEW ALLEGATIONS
INVOLVING SERVING OFFICERS FOLLOWING MARKETING EXECUTIVE'S MURDER

Public trust in the police has been damaged after ex-Metropolitan Police officer
Wayne Couzens was jailed for using his position to stage a fake arrest of the
33-year-old whom he kidnapped, raped and murdered in March.

By Amy Coles, news reporter

Tuesday 12 October 2021 15:57, UK



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Image: Marketing executive Sarah Everard, 33, was abducted and murdered by
then-serving police officer Wayne Couzens as she walked home in south London on
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All police forces in England and Wales will review allegations of violence
against women and girls involving serving officers in the wake of Sarah
Everard's murder.

Public trust in the police has been damaged after ex-Metropolitan Police officer
Wayne Couzens was jailed for using his position to stage a fake arrest of the
33-year-old, whom he kidnapped, raped and murdered in March.



Police chiefs have also been tasked with checking incidents of indecent exposure
and reviewing the vetting process of staff as part of an action plan decided
upon during a National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) meeting last week.

NPCC chairman Martin Hewitt told the PA news agency that police bosses were
doing "everything that [they] can" to ensure that "the way [they] deal with
violence against women and girls is as effective and as assertive as it can be".

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Last week, the Metropolitan Police announced it was carrying out an urgent
examination of all ongoing sexual and domestic abuse allegations against
officers and staff alongside its own independent review.



A further examination is also taking place which will consider similar cases
from the last 10 years where those accused remain in the force.

Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock will lead the independent review into the
Metropolitan Police's culture and standards, current leadership, and its
recruitment, vetting and training of officers.


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Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said Baroness Casey would ask "the difficult
questions needed" to help the force on its "journey to rebuild public trust".

Home Secretary Priti Patel has also launched an inquiry to look into the
"systematic failures" that allowed Ms Everard's killer to be employed as a
police officer.

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The NPCC review will make sure allegations against officers are being, or have
been, properly investigated and will also check that information is being shared
between forces if officers have moved jobs or have been arrested in a different
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While the work is being co-ordinated by the NPCC, forces will conduct the
individual reviews internally. No timeframe has yet been set for carrying out
the checks and it is so far unclear whether the findings will be made public.

Mr Hewitt added: "But be under no illusion, these are immediate actions that we
determined last week needed to be taken. This is not something that people are
going to be sitting on and waiting."



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The news comes as Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth was appointed to lead the
NPCC's work on violence against women and girls and to co-ordinate police action
across England and Wales.

Ms Blyth, who took up the role on Monday, is responsible for overseeing a new
police strategy which will focus on how to prevent violence, target perpetrators
and help victims get justice, while Mr Hewitt will continue to look at how the
NPCC responds in the long term.

Earlier on Tuesday Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid acknowledged
there is a "crisis" of confidence that women and girls have in policing in the
wake of Ms Everard's murder.

"We want women and girls particularly to feel safe in communities," he told BBC
Radio 4's Today programme, adding: "There's a lot of work to be done to rebuild
that trust and give people the confidence to come forward."


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