Nine criminal investigations sparked after review of 300K UK police employees

A mass screening of more than 300,000 police officers, staff and volunteers against a national intelligence database has led to only nine criminal investigations, figures show.

The review, carried out after a damning report following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer, unearthed 461 cases classed as serious enough to need assessing by a senior officer.

There were 88 that led to a disciplinary investigation; 139 had their vetting reviewed; 128 faced management intervention and 97 were found to require no further action.

of campaign group the Centre for Women’s (CWJ) Harriet Wistrich said the figures “simply do not stack up”, and that there must be flaws in police data gathering.