There may be an issue of gender-based violence in UK law enforcement. Within six months, more than 1,500 police officers were accused of perpetrating violence against women, even though less than 1% of complaints yielded results. According to data collected by the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC), 1,483 charges were registered against 1,539 British police officers, or 0.7% of the entire workforce, between October 2021 and April 2022.
While 55% of the cases are related to harassment or violent behavior towards female colleagues, the remaining 45% are complaints from citizens, two-thirds are excessive use of force, arrest or handcuffing, 9% harassment, 6% aggressive behavior and sexual power. 5% to abuse. Complaints from within the police force led to the dismissal of 13 police officers, while 70% of the cases were dismissed due to lack of evidence or the police woman dismissing her complaint, while public allegations did not result in any dismissals.
Deputy Chief of Police Maggie Blyth, who is also the Coordinator of Violence Against Women at the National Council of Chiefs of Police, said she wanted more police to be investigated, emphasizing her concerns about the figures reported by the NPCC. “These numbers reinforce the urgency of removing violent and corrupt individuals from the police force,” he said.
The NPCC report has brought attention to British police a month and a half after David Carrick, a former police officer believed to be a sex offender, was imprisoned and Sarah Everard was murdered by an on-duty police officer. As reported by The Guardian, only 6% of cases were considered suspicious; Among the large number of data that could be cited to the British police, here too more than 400,000 cases would have been recorded without further impact due to evidence problems. or potential victims withdraw charges.
The leaders of the British police have asked the Home Office to continue strengthening existing legislation with a view to barring from the forces of order anyone who has been convicted or warned of such crimes. Blyth said these figures, from a year ago, do not reflect the work done in the next 18 months to prosecute misconduct and increase penalties.
Farah Nazeer, CEO of Women’s Aid, said: “The scale of violence against women has deeply worrying consequences for the already low trust levels of the female population in the criminal justice system”, underlining that “a transformation is sorely needed”. A comprehensive national assessment of the extent of the phenomenon in the UK is expected during next April.
Source: Today IT
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