Over 1,500 British police officers accused of violence against women
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- 15 Mar 2023
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Women filed a total of 1,483 allegations of violence against 1,539 police officers in England and Wales in a span of six months, data released by the National Police Chiefs' Council said on Tuesday.
Only 13 officers and staff were sacked for misconduct, and nobody has been fired as a result of public complaints.
The report, which is the first of its kind, has been put together with data gathered between October 2021 and March 2022. Subsequent national assessments will be published annually.
Just over half the cases were conduct matters, which are usually raised by personnel within the police department.
The remaining cases, 524 (45%), were complaints from the public. Almost two-thirds of the complaints from the public were about the use of force, while 9% concerned harassment, 6% related to assault, and abuse of position for a sexual purpose accounted for 5%.
For the conduct allegations, 48% concerned discreditable conduct outside working hours, while 19% related to sexual assault, 13% to sexual harassment, and 6% to abuse of position for a sexual purpose. Read More…
