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HUNDREDS of police officers have been convicted of offences including sex crimes, assaults and possessing indecent images of children in the last three years, new figures reveal today.
A total of 309 police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) were convicted of offences from 2012 to June this year.
But the true number of convicted officers is likely to be significantly higher, as only 25 out of 45 forces provided figures in response to an investigation by the Press Association news agency.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland