One in three staff removed from London Met unit where Couzens and Carrick served

Currently 49 officers are accused of breaching standards – 12 for misconduct, 33 for gross misconduct and four public complaints

The Metropolitan Police unit in which murderer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick served has had a third of its staff cleared out in a major overhaul following a damning report last year (Picture:  James Manning/PA)

The troubled police squad in which murderer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick served has had a third of its staff cleared out in a major overhaul.

London Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said he hopes that more than two-thirds of the staff in the force’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command will be new by 2025.