Nearly 500k paid to suspended and sacked cops in Met Police unit where Wayne Couzens worked [Video]

NEARLY half-a-million pounds has been paid to suspended and sacked cops in the shamed Met Police unit where monsters Wayne Couzens and David Carrick worked.

Twelve officers have been suspended and 11 sacked from the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command since January 2020.

They got a ­combined £462,355.84 in ­salary but nothing was reclaimed after any dismissals.

Stats released under Freedom of Information show the most expensive year was 2023/2024, when £185,352.83 was paid out.

William Yarwood, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “Taxpayers will be shocked to see sacked and suspended police still receiving their salaries.

“As these costs continue to rise, more money will be taken away from budgets for frontline police officers to combat crime.

“The government needs to clamp down on this loophole.”

Sex beast Couzens got whole-life jail for kidnap, rape and murder.

Carrick, who was reported to police a day …