An entire generation of women is being turned off a career in the police

Vicky McClure in Trigger Point ‘as Lana Washington, the dynamic, brave, take-no-nonsense bomb disposal operative’. Photograph: Matt Frost And Ross Ferguson/ITV

The image of Vicky McClure, in her latest strong, female cop role, was used the other day by UK counter-terrorism policing to recruit more women into the police.

“Strong female leads aren’t just on TV,” the tweet said, above a picture of the actor as Lana Washington, the dynamic, brave, take-no-nonsense bomb-disposal operative in Jed Mercurio’s latest ITV drama, Trigger Point.