Sir Mark Rowley revealed that the Metropolitan Police are reviewing 1000 old cases of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse as part of their efforts to clean up the force. 

Speaking in front of the Greater London Authority's Police and Crime Committee in the wake of the David Carrick scandal, Rowley spoke about how the Met were tackling other cases of abuse within the force. 

Rowley said that the Met were reviewing old cases with any link to sexual misconduct or domestic abuse from officers to evaluate old decisions. 

He said: "What is very clear is that if we haven't been tough enough in our decision making previously, you have to look back at previous cases and say are there other cases that we got wrong? Where we decided someone was going to stay in the organisation and in hindsight, was that wrong? 

"We have cast the net wide. We have looked at any officers and staff over the last decade who have an allegation that has any hint of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse. 

"These range from less serious allegations, largely verbal for example, all the way through to sexual assault allegations. Every one of them has been previously investigated and dealt with as either criminality or misconduct and came to the position where they remain in the organisation. What we have to work out is did we get this right. 

"Some of the reporting in the news is that this is 1,000 new cases. This is not right. It is reviewing old cases. Given what we have found so far, with cases that have come to light like Carrick. 

"While we can be confident we will have got many of the cases right, we have to accept we will probably find many cases we got wrong. 

"There will be people we need to have a fresh look at. That might be about their vetting, it might be about reopening investigations. There are all sorts of actions we might take but the first thing to do is to systemically review. This is a significant piece of work." 

Rowley also revealed that the new hotline that was set up has revealed new cases, as well as involving other police services having similar issues. 

He said: "In my first few months as Commissioner, we increased resources in the Directorate of Professional Standards by a third, established the Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command and launched the first ever public appeal line - the Crimestoppers Police Integrity Hotline. 

"We are getting tens of calls a week to the hotline, leading us to look at new cases. Some of these turn out to be malicious but some turn out to be substantive.  

"These are generating new caseloads. In some ways, despite the tragedy we find ourselves in, we are actually leading the way.  

"It is interesting that even though this is a Met appeal, one in three of the calls involve allegations against officers and staff in other police services in the UK, which we are passing on. Through our challenges we are helping the rest of policing confront some issues too."