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‘Systemic failings’ allowing police accused of domestic abuse to walk free
People take part in a Million Women Rise march outside New Scotland Yard in central London, ahead of International Women's Day. The march is in protest against men's violence against women, police violence, racism and misogyny. Picture date: Saturday March 5, 2022.
INSPECTORS have found “systemic failings” in the way some forces in England and Wales investigate reports of domestic abuse against police officers.
The investigation by the College of Policing and two other watchdogs found that just 9 per cent of reports of police-perpetrated domestic abuse offences examined resulted in a charge.
Out of 122 cases where officers were investigated by their own force, less than half resulted in a misconduct investigation being launched, while only six out of 104 women who reported abuse said they would feel confident to report again.
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