police officers and three former officers are being investigated for gross misconduct over the handling of the investigation into the murders by serial killer steven port. the independent office for police conduct the officers are being investigated for possible breaches of police professional standards for the way they handled investigations into the murders of anthony walgate, gabriel kovari, daniel whitworth and jack taylor. port is serving a life sentence for murdering the man and drugging them. the man and drugging them. with more on this we can speak to our news correspondent daniel de simone. a lot of questions have been asked about the conduct of the police into this investigation. now we know that an investigation is under way. that's right. this has been a very long road to get here. the four victims were killed, were murdered, between june 2014 and september 2015. next year it will be ten years since the first victim was killed. none of the four murders were treated as murders until weeks after the final one. it was only when the police were really forced to consider the possibility that these were suspicious by families of the victims that they ultimately did so. that was weeks afte

police officers and three former officers are being investigated for gross misconduct over the handling of the investigation into the murders by serial killer stephen port. the independent office for police conductle breaches of police professional standards for the way they handled investigations into the murders of anthony walgate, gabriel kovari, daniel whitworth and jack taylor. port is serving a life sentence for murdering the men after drugging them with overdoses of ghb, and disposing of their bodies near his flat in barking, east london, betweenjune 2014 and september 2015. the new home secretary, james cleverly, has been speaking at the association of police and crime commissioners and the national police chiefs' council summit. he told police bosses that his instinct is always to praise in public and criticise in private. have a listen. i want you to know that i will back you when you take the action that you need to take. of course i will push you. i will cajole you. because i know that that's very much the attitude you will want to apply to yourselves and your forces. but i also want you to know that i will back you when you do the right thing. and i want you to know that i will, i w

the independent office for police _ lawful. the independent office for police conductolice conduct to consider the self referral by lancashire constabulary, they considered they are to be no case _ they considered they are to be no case of— they considered they are to be no case of misconduct. i commissioned the college — case of misconduct. i commissioned the college of policing to conduct the college of policing to conduct the review as the national independent body for police training and standards. including being a home _ and standards. including being a home for— and standards. including being a home for the national centre for police _ home for the national centre for police search. it was commissioned to review— police search. it was commissioned to review the period from when nicola — to review the period from when nicola was first reported missing to the point _ nicola was first reported missing to the point at which she was, sadly, discovered — the point at which she was, sadly, discovered. it will have three work streams— discovered. it will have three work

for that. >> most of the cases that are currently the currently going through with the independent police independent office for police conducte been found not guilty in the criminal court, and are actually and most of them are actually found innocent by the iopc as well. i completely agree , well. so i completely agree, michael. know, we don't want michael. you know, we don't want to be soft on our police, to too be soft on our police, but we also want police officers who are confident go and who are confident to go and tackle crime and go and tackle criminals behalf. and the criminals on our behalf. and the sarah everard incident that you mentioned was was absolutely shocking but shocking and appalling. but i think it's dangerous to tar all police the same police officers with the same brush . was to a mate brush. i was talking to a mate of mine who happens to work for the met, just an ordinary beat cop and he was talking about policing the palestinian peace marches and the anti—semitism march. and goes , there is so march. and he goes, there is so much onus the men and women much onus on the men and women on front make on

the independent office for police conduct to consider the self—referral by lancashire constabulary .ry. they considered there to be no case for misconduct . there to be no case for misconduct. i commissioned the college of policing to conduct the review to as the national independent body for police training and standards , training and standards, including being the home for the national centre for police search . it was commissioned to search. it was commissioned to review the period from when nicola was first reported missing to the point at which she was sadly discovered . it she was sadly discovered. it will have three work streams to focus on the search and investigation , communications investigation, communications and media engagement and the disclosure of personal information . i would like to information. i would like to thank the college for their diligent professional and thorough work over the past few months . i thorough work over the past few months. i have thorough work over the past few months . i have received their months. i have received their finding as their co

not only do the independent office for police conduct appear to be politically swayed from time to timehatever role it is under the bus , but there are, of course, bus, but there are, of course, lawyers that represent the families of people who get shot by the police , and they are by the police, and they are often very vocal, very militant and desperately keen to see officers thrown into jail . officers thrown into jail. >> now, peter, it's also worth pointing out, of course, that no officer, no citizen, nobody in the land should be above the law. and we're not suggesting seeing special treatment, but it does appear sometimes be the does appear sometimes to be the opposite of that. it seems to be that a policeman a that a policeman or a policewoman standing as an officer actually can be used against them . against them. >> every firearm officer who has ever been trained is told on minute. one of day, one of the training that your actions , even training that your actions, even if you merely draw the weapon out of its holster , let alone out of its holster, let alone fire it , all out o

i said, did not come out of that scandal well, with its reputation enhanced by the independent office for police conduct 2014. it was called operation linden. it was the second longest investigation by the iopc, second only to the hillsborough review, and it assessed hundreds of allegations of misconduct , several of them of misconduct, several of them were upheld , but nobody was were upheld, but nobody was fired . many survivors from the fired. many survivors from the town that i've spoken to, campaigners, whistleblowers and other people affected by this situation. they all say, as though they feel that no true accountability has been delivered in rotherham, particularly for the police. and so there are some nerves coming out of south yorkshire this morning that this police force , morning that this police force, is it adequately prepared to take on that responsibility ? take on that responsibility? have they really learned those lessons from the 90s all the way up to 2013? and will this new force have the same approach that the nca have? many victims and campaigners feel as though the nca were the go

>> attorney crump, this week, independent autopsy was conducted for dexter wade, the black man who was struck and killed by an off-duty jackson, mississippi police officerwas buried without his family's knowledge. the autopsy found, and you are behind this, and you have been on the show with us. the autopsy found wade had completely run over, it was completely run over by a vehicle. his left leg had been amputated and he had identifying items and his pocket at the time of death. and my capacity as president of the national action network, i'll be delivering the eulogy for dexter on monday in mississippi, a lot with you and the call for justice. what are your thoughts about this latest development and the case? i remember, we were told he had a prescription of medicine in his pocket. now we find from the autopsy, he actually had state i.d., credit cards in his front pocket. >> reverend al, this underscores the fact that as miss bennison said when she came on your show, and she thank you profoundly for breaking attention to this. because for almost seven months, her son was missing, she was just by herself. saying, where is my son? what happened to him? a