Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection

[4] PaDP was created in April 2015 through a merger of the Metropolitan Police Service's Diplomatic Protection Group (SO16) and the Palace of Westminster Division (SO17).

In accordance with a contract and Special Service Agreement with Parliament, SO17 was responsible for security at the Palace of Westminster and the rest of the Parliamentary Estate.

[12][13] Slimon was awarded the George Medal for "outstanding resolution, devotion to duty and courage of a very high order" in tackling the robbers.

[15] In early 2021, PC Wayne Couzens, who then served with PaDP,[16] used his warrant card to arrest Sarah Everard under the pretence of her having breached the COVID-19 regulations then in effect.

[17] Three days after Couzens was jailed,[18] PC David Carrick, a serving member of PaDP[19] was charged with one count of rape following an alleged attack on a woman on the night of 4 September 2021.

[24] On 16 January 2023, while appearing at Southwark Crown Court, Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women, including 24 counts of rape, which were committed between 2003 and 2020.

A BBC News report states "A former Metropolitan Police officer has been accused of 'a pattern of sexually predatory behaviour' for grooming two vulnerable women he met while on duty.