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| Met Police rape unit 'encouraged' victims to retract cases | Met Police rape unit 'encouraged' victims to retract cases |
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| Victims of rape were "encouraged" by police to retract allegations to boost detection rates, a report has said. | Victims of rape were "encouraged" by police to retract allegations to boost detection rates, a report has said. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said a south London sex crime unit had its own "standard operating procedure" to cut the number of rapes officially recorded as crimes. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said a south London sex crime unit had its own "standard operating procedure" to cut the number of rapes officially recorded as crimes. |
| The IPCC said the Southwark Sapphire squad's approach of "failing to believe victims" was "wholly inappropriate". | The IPCC said the Southwark Sapphire squad's approach of "failing to believe victims" was "wholly inappropriate". |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said substantial changes had been made. | A Metropolitan Police spokesman said substantial changes had been made. |
| The IPCC has carried out four previous inquiries into Southwark Sapphire command and it is the police watchdog's ninth investigation into the Met's response to victims of sexual violence. | |
| 'Enormously frustrating' | |
| But home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said three Metropolitan officers who had been facing possible dismissal over a previous bungled investigation into the serial sex offender Kirk Reid, were still with the force. | |
| Two of them, a superintendent and a detective inspector, have been promoted. | |
| IPCC Deputy Chair Deborah Glass said it was "enormously frustrating". | |
| A detective sergeant is facing disciplinary proceedings for alleged gross misconduct in connection with the allegations. |