Senior Met officer urges police to be ‘professionally curious’ about colleagues after officer jailed for rape
The Metropolitan Police’s Assistant Commissioner has called on officers to be “professionally curious” and to “take allegations seriously” about their colleagues after Adam Provan was jailed for 16 years for a series of rapes.
The ex-officer’s predatory behaviour went unchecked until 2016 when Lauren Taylor reported she had been twice raped by him when she was 16 - 11 years after a female police officer reported she was stalked and harassed by Provan, which resulted in words of warning.
In 2019 the officer reported to the police that he had also raped her six times between 2003 to 2005.
The ex-officer’s predatory behaviour went unchecked until 2016 when Lauren Taylor reported she had been twice raped by him when she was 16 - 11 years after a female police officer reported she was stalked and harassed by Provan, which resulted in words of warning.
In 2019 the officer reported to the police that he had also raped her six times between 2003 to 2005.
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00:13 You know, as a woman, as a police officer, we should take those allegations seriously.
00:19 We should deal with a colleague with compassion and understanding, and we should be professionally
00:24 curious in looking to join the dots to understand, you know, is this person a dangerous offender
00:32 and is there more that we could do and, you know, and offer victims support so they feel
00:37 confident to disclose the extent of offending.
00:41 It's hard to know all the details. I know the judge described concerns about were we
00:49 looking after our own and I think, you know, it can be hard sometimes for officers to reconcile
00:56 a colleague who they perceive as hardworking or someone who, you know, a job where people
01:00 have an opportunity to be a hero every day with, you know, horrific offending.
01:07 People I know find that hard to understand, but we have to understand that there are a
01:13 small number of people who are attracted to this job for the wrong reasons and we must
01:18 be determined to root them out, to leave no stone unturned and to never allow people like
01:23 Adam Provan to wear this uniform.
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