A Scottish police officer has been revealed to be a violent serial rapist who preyed on vulnerable women for at least 14 years.
PC Alan Greer’s first victim is believed to be a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012 after she had called the police to report being the victim of a crime.
Uniformed officers attended her house, took her statement and left before one officer returned alone hours later, forced her into a sexual act and raped her.
Police Scotland launched one of Police Scotland’s biggest ever anti-corruption inquiries into Greer late last year after the woman reported the sex attack.He took his own life in May of this year.
Investigators have since uncovered a further eight victims, five of whom were sex workers, attacked while Greer, who used hundreds of prostitutes throughout his police career, was off duty. The force anticipate more victims of his violence will be identified.A source told the BBC Disclosure investigation team: “It feels a bit like this could be Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment.”
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Assistant Chief Constable Lynn Ratcliff, Professionalism and Assurance, said: “My thoughts, firstly, are with the victims in this case who have spoken up and reported these allegations, as well as with Alan Greer’s family, friends and colleagues who have been deeply affected by these reports and his death.
“The investigation into this matter is one of the largest and most complex enquiries ever undertaken by the Anti-Corruption Unit and significant work is ongoing to fully ascertain the extent of offending and identify and support as many victims as possible.
“Clearly Alan Greer cannot stand trial for these allegations of serious violent sexual offending, including attempted murder, but this investigation is about identifying and supporting potential victims, giving them a voice, and establishing the full circumstances.
“It is essential that members of the public, victims, and witnesses, feel confident speaking with the police and know the overwhelming majority of our officers serve with professionalism and integrity to protect people, investigate matters, and bring offenders to justice.
“Police Scotland has fully engaged with a range of developments and our commitment to safeguarding policing’s integrity has never been stronger.”
Greer joined Strathclyde Police in 2009 before transferring into Police Scotland following the force merger in 2013. He had an unblemished record as an officer.
The BBC reports the investigation uncovered a chilling breakthrough when detectives traced the woman’s original 2012 emergency call. They discovered one of the attending officers had repeatedly accessed her crime file in the weeks after the alleged rape without any legitimate policing reason – one of those searches was even carried out while he was on annual leave.
Those computer checks led detectives directly to Greer. A critical incident was declared and anti-corruption officers launched an intensive investigation.
When they obtained Greer’s mobile phone number and checked police intelligence systems, they found a report dating back to 2018 from a Glasgow sex worker alleging a violent customer had assaulted her. Although the number had not been linked to a police officer at the time, detectives used the intelligence to monitor Greer’s activity.
They then discovered he had been searching police systems for evidence of a complaint linked to another sex worker’s phone number – mirroring the pattern seen after the alleged 2012 rape. Officers then obtained a warrant to search his home.
At dawn on 24 April, detectives swooped on a property in the Wishaw area and arrested Greer on Friday, 24 April, 2026.
He was released without charge pending further investigation and was suspended from duty at that time with full welfare support in place.
A number of electronic devices were seized during the search and enquiries into the contents of these are continuing.
On Wednesday, 6 May, 2026, officers were called to the same property where Mr Greer was found deceased. There were no suspicious circumstances.
The circumstances of the death following police contact are subject of a Crown-directed investigation by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.
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It is understood that, had Greer lived, police would have sought attempted murder charges in some cases because of the extreme violence involved. Three other victims have also been identified, including two female police officers who were secretly photographed inappropriately during training sessions.
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