18 Jan 2023
Police Now responds to the conviction of former Metropolitan Police Service officer
In response to the conviction of former Metropolitan Police Officer David Carrick, Police Now’s executive team make the following statement on behalf of the organisation:
“The horrific actions of David Carrick - spanning two decades - are a complete disgrace, have shamed the service and damaged the public’s trust in policing again. The bravery of the victims in coming forward and the impact of Carrick’s actions and the actions of those like him cannot be underestimated.
“Officers that commit crimes, especially those that are serious, repeated and extend for years, betray everything that policing stands for, let down all good, honest police officers and police staff members everywhere, and destroy the confidence of the very people they swore to protect – the public.
“Every corrupt police officer removed and jailed is a step towards police forces that are organisationally just. And when police forces have a culture of organisational justice inside the police station, they will be procedurally just in their dealings with the public out on the street. In this way, policing will win back public trust.
“Police Now continues to work towards this goal, as we have done for nearly a decade. But progress is too slow. We call on every part of policing to make evicting the criminals in our midst and transforming policing culture for the better their number one priority. To be genuinely open, at every level, to doing things differently. There can only be one number one priority, and this must be it.
“If we lose the trust of the public, progress against every other policing priority – whether it is protecting the vulnerable, bringing offenders to justice, countering terrorism and extremism, or filling the gaps between other public services – will stall.
“We also implore our fellow citizens – those with the values, integrity, resilience, courage and public service ethos to find and root out the criminals inside as well as outside policing – to join us. Don’t give up on your police service. Be the change that is needed. It will not be easy. But it is possible. And it is necessary. Together, we can do it.”
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Notes to editors
Police Now's Executive Team consists of:
Kurtis Christoforides - Chief Executive Officer
Joni Ferns - Chief Operating Officer
Clare Power - Recruitment & Marketing Director and Interim Policing & Home Affairs Director
Farhat Sadik - Programmes Director
About Police Now:
Police Now’s mission is to transform communities, reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, and increase the public’s confidence in the police service by recruiting, developing and inspiring outstanding and diverse individuals to be leaders in society and on the policing frontline.
Police Now recruits, trains and develops graduates to become neighbourhood police officers or detective constables, via our National Graduate Leadership Programme and National Detective Programme.
As a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer and the only national entry route into policing, it is uniquely positioned to support the policing sector with essential recruitment and training. The organisation consistently recruits stronger diversity to its programmes than policing achieves nationally and typically attracts those who had not considered a career in policing before – bringing new perspectives and backgrounds into the service and driving policing to become more representative of the communities it serves.
As Police Now continues to identify areas for innovation in national police recruitment and training, it has also recently expanded its National Detective Programme to introduce specialist streams into Counter Terrorism Policing and Economic Crime with several force partners.
Police Now also run the Frontline Leadership Programme, a one-year development programme which supports talented police constables to progress to sergeant rank and develop as strong, inclusive leaders.
Police Now was founded in 2014 and is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that works in partnership with police forces to deliver its College of Policing accredited programmes. Police Now has since partnered with 36 police forces across England and Wales, funded by participating police forces and the Home Office. As a registered charity, Police Now aims to bring improvements to society and policing, and make a positive difference to communities affected by crime through achieving our mission.
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