Cleveland Police Apologise To Rapist's Victims

Cleveland Police have apologised for missing 'red flags' over ex-constable and convicted rapist Wayne Scott.

It's after an investigation by the Police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission concluded that if the 38 year old had been under greater scrutiny - some of his offences may have been prevented.

Deputy Chief Constable Iain Spittal from the force told TFM;

“I want to sincerely apologise to everyone who has been affected by the actions of Wayne Scott whilst he was a serving officer with Cleveland Police.

It is right that the public expect and are able to trust that our police officers and staff will keep them safe from harm and protect them. Wayne Scott betrayed this trust and manipulated those around him, both on and off duty.

It’s clear from the findings that officers and staff felt unable or unwilling to report or challenge his sexual remarks and degrading behaviour at work, that it was ‘just Wayne being Wayne’. Where incidents were reported, we recognise and accept that red flags were missed and the organisation dealt with cases in isolation, rather than joining the dots.

This is unacceptable and we have reviewed and changed many of our practices to embed a culture of challenge, and create intelligence pictures of those employees whose behaviour comes to our attention. We have already recognised, implemented and completed many of the recommendations from the report to support change going forward.”