Balanced News: Police forces ordered to background check every officer

Police forces are to urgently check every officer and member of staff’s background against the police national computer for crimes and complaints in the wake of the David Carrick scandal. The moves came as Rishi Sunak told MPs that the police needed to address the failings in the Carrick scandal, restore public confidence and ensure the safety of women and girls following the the “truly sickening abuse of power” by the disgraced Metropolitan police officer. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said it would ask all police forces to check their officers and staff against national police databases.