Women’s charity Refuge has placed 1,071 bad apples outside the Met Police headquarters amid shock over the David Carrick rape case.<br /><br />Staff and survivors of domestic violence staged the stunt to highlight fears more abusers could be going unchecked within the force. - with the apples representing officers who are or have been investigated for allegations of violence against women and girls (VAWG).<br /><br />Historic allegations are under review and mayor Sadiq Khan said commissioner Sir Mark Rowley “assured” him individuals like Carrick would no longer pass vetting checks.<br /><br />Chief executive Ruth Davison said: “We don’t believe the story anymore that it’s just one bad apple or two bad apples here and there.<br /><br />“There is a fundamental cultural problem of violent misogyny across policing that is allowing criminals like David Carrick to carry on committing abhorrent crimes with seeming impunity.<br /><br />“We are not feeling safe as women and girls because we are not safe until policing is safe.”
