All police officers and staff in England and Wales will be checked against the Police National Database

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The National Police Chiefs Council Chair haswritten to chief constables todayin the wake of details revealed in the David Carrick case, where a mother-of-three bravely came forward to share her horrific ordeal in which a now-shamed officer forced her into a string of humiliating sex acts.

The Council chair has asked them to take immediate action to enable checks identifying any intelligence or allegations that need further investigation - to be completed by 31 March nationwide.

The Police National Database contains intelligence and information including reports of domestic abuse, child abuse or neglect, crimes and police custody details. Additionally, it holds intelligence on anyone with links to organised crime groups, county lines, modern slavery and exploitation.

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The National Police Chiefs Council Chair Martin Hewitt said: The confidence of women and girls in the police has been damaged further by the horrific and abhorrent details revealed in the David Carrick case. They deserve better, and they deserve to have absolute trust in any officer they may deal with in their time of need.

Words will not rebuild confidence, only action and the public seeing the results of that action.

Checks of all officers and staff will ensure we are turning over every stone in our efforts to rid policing of abusers and corrupt individuals. I know the dedicated, professional majority in policing will support this action.

Building on work by the NPCC over recent months, we have asked the Home Office to work with us to develop technology so forces can carry out regular automated checks giving our professional standards teams another fast-time feed of intelligence, helping them to quickly spot and act on concerns.

Forces across the country have been given the following steps in order to complete the checks thoroughly and in an orderly fashion.

1. Prepare HR data on officers and staff so that it can be processed through PND

The time needed to complete this phase will vary from force to force but the ambition is that all forces will have this completed by the end of February.

2. Force data will need to be processed in stages

Not all force data can go through the PND at the same time due to capacity in the system. This will be sequenced over a number of weeks and completed by 31 March.

3. Manual trawl through PND returns to remove false positives

The checks will identify where there are data discrepancies not related to issues of concern, such as discrepancies in addresses recorded. Early research indicates that one person could potentially carry out 10-30 searches per day.

4. Identify staff where checks indicate potential concerns and investigate

By September police forces should have identified all cases for further investigation and will be starting those investigations. The time taken to reach this stage will depend on scale and number of staff completing checks. Investigations will be prioritised based on the threat and risk identified

5. Develop a new automated platform to carry out continuous PND checks

All police forces in England and Wales including British Transport Police and Civil Nuclear Constabulary will conduct these checks on this timeline. Discussions are taking place with Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland.

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