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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Britain’s new policing shame revealed: Accused of crimes against women – but still working

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Three-quarters of police officers and staff accused of violence against women are not suspended by their force despite the allegations against them, shocking new figures show.

In the Metropolitan Police, which was found to be institutionally misogynistic by a damning review this year in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder by a Met officer, just 12 per cent of officers and staff are being suspended from duties after being accused of crimes such as sexual assault and domestic violence.

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