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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Police leaders promise crackdown on officers who are abusive to women

crop of unidentifiable police officer with his notebook out
One police chief has admitted there is ‘toxic behaviour’ within UK forces. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Police leaders have admitted officers were kept on duty who should be sacked as they launched a promised crackdown on those who attack, abuse or harass women.

A series of scandals have rocked confidence in policing, with its leaders under pressure to do more to eliminate what one police chief called “toxic behaviour and [a] damaging culture”.

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