When the BBC revealed the communicative past month, Assistant Chief Constable Lynn Ratcliff was asked if determination had been immoderate opportunities to halt Greer's offending earlier.
She said: "At this point, and we volition support it nether review, determination is thing to suggest that determination person been immoderate missed opportunities implicit the years."
When pressed if determination were nary missed reddish flags, she said "At this stage, we've got nary grounds to suggest that is the case…"
Asked if determination were immoderate vetting issues successful narration to Greer, ACC Ratcliff said the vetting scenery is "markedly different" today, that Greer would not person passed existent vetting checks, but she did not connection further details.
The adjunct main constable added that officers were present taxable to yearly integrity investigating and regular re-vetting.
A BBC Disclosure probe tin present reveal:
Greer was investigated successful 2002 by Strathclyde constabulary for making inappropriate telephone calls to a pistillate successful Glasgow. The lawsuit was reported to the procurator fiscal but nary enactment was taken
The Metropolitan Police issued Greer with a ceremonial constabulary caution successful 2005 aft helium was again caught making inappropriate telephone calls, this clip to a pistillate helium knew successful London
Four years aboriginal successful 2009, Strathclyde Police accepted Greer into the unit contempt being alert of astatine slightest the ceremonial constabulary caution issued by the Metropolitan Police
Police Scotland has present confirmed that Strathclyde's vetting portion successful 2009 was alert of Greer's 2005 constabulary caution erstwhile helium was applying for the job.
A partial insubstantial vetting grounds exists for Greer and the caution is referenced.
The unit said it was unclear whether the 2002 offence formed portion of the interrogation process, oregon was known by vetting staff.
Sources accidental this 2002 "adverse trace" would "absolutely" person been discoverable connected Greer's record.
A Strathclyde Police Standard Operating Procedures handbook for 2006 states: "The unit should not enlistee radical with cautions oregon convictions, which whitethorn telephone into question the integrity of the applicant oregon the force."
A constabulary root told the BBC: "Two reported crimes related to women earlier helium joined should person been raising each sorts of alarm bells.
"He was intelligibly a menace from the disconnected and should ne'er person been allowed adjacent a azygous to maltreatment his position."
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