Ten police officers probed over Rotherham abuse handling
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has said it will investigate 10 South Yorkshire police officers over their handling of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
Ten officers were part of group of 13 referred to IPCC
Ten police officers being investigated by the Independent Police Commission were part of a group of 13 referred by South Yorkshire Police.
The other three officers will not face investigation at this time, the IPCC said.
It was decided two did not justify an investigation involving the police watchdog, while the third officer remains under review.
The ten officers were identified through the Jay Report, which found more than 1,400 children had been subjected to child sex abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.
It also criticised the way in which South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Council dealt with complaints from teenage girls who said they had been raped and trafficked by gangs of mainly Asian men.
The other three officers referred to were identified by a separate internal report.
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