'There are ‘systemic deficiencies’ in the way some police forces in England and Wales deal with allegations of domestic abuse against their own officers and staff, an investigation has found.

The College of Policing, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS) and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated a super-complaint submitted by the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ).'
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/news/police...

Outcomes for police misconduct proceedings – updated guidance
Published on 17 August 2022

'Officers who commit violence towards women and girls should expect to be sacked and barred from re-joining the police. There is no place in policing for anyone who behaves in a way that damages the public’s trust in us to keep them safe.

Today’s new guidance helps bring common sense and consistency to a process that is crucial to maintaining public trust in police. We need a misconduct system which is transparent, timely and isn’t afraid to show the door to officers who betray our values.'

https://www.college.police.uk/article/ou...

HMICFRS report:

An inspection of vetting, misconduct, and misogyny in the police service
Published on: 2 November 2022

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/...

'Following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, the then Home Secretary commissioned HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) under section 54(2B) of the Police Act 1996 to assess current vetting and counter-corruption capacity and capability in policing across England and Wales. This was to include forces’ ability to detect and deal with misogynistic and predatory behaviour.

We were asked to consider current vetting (and re-vetting), arrangements for transferees, whistleblowing arrangements, the work of counter-corruption units and, where relevant, wider Professional Standards '

IOPC:

Statement in response to HMICFRS report into vetting, misconduct and misogyny in policing

https://policeconduct.gov.uk/news/statem...

The Guardian:

The snapshot provided by a report into vetting failures is a dark one

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BBC:

Criminals and sexual predators allowed into police, says report

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63478011

HMICFRS

Responses to Police perpetrated domestic abuse: Report on the Centre for Women’s Justice super-complaint

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/...

The Guardian:

'Exclusive: Andy Marsh, head of the College of Policing, calls for new code of practice to mend bond of trust with women'

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022...

One force is using Crimestoppers to catch officers:

'Contact the Hotline on 0800 085 0000 or online to provide information you have about a Metropolitan Police Service police officer or member of police staff...'

https://news.met.police.uk/news/the-met-...

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/campaigns-m...

An example of where Crimestoppers might be useful for the victims of domestic abuse perpetrated by police officers:

"Family exposed dead police officer's vulgar messages after 'years of emotional abuse'"

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-wo...

'Wider implications of the David Carrick case'

Report by Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman - 24/01/2023

'There are currently 27 conduct investigations ongoing relating to 24 individuals.

13 cases relate to violence against women and girls, including sexual misconduct and PPDA*.'

* Police Perpetrated Domestic Abuse

https://www.northwales-pcc.gov.uk/sites/...

Remove the Rot: Refuge investigation uncovers magnitude of police force’s failure to tackle violent misogyny by police officers and staff

"Refuge asked ‘How many more bad apples?’ and called for immediate reform of the police and the way they deal with violence against women and girls and domestic abuse, including the immediate suspension of all police officers and staff accused of these crimes.
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From 1 May 2022 to 1 May 2023, there were 1,124 cases of VAWG-related misconduct or gross misconduct across the 26 police forces in England and Wales which provided data in response to Refuge’s FOI request.

Only 24% of police officers and staff accused of violence against women and girls-related misconduct were suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.

https://refuge.org.uk/news/rremove-the-r...

Policing and Society
An International Journal of Research and Policy

London, you have a problem with women: trust towards the police in England

17/4/24

'Using a survey of multiple waves of over 8000 combined respondents conducted from July 2022 to September 2023, we find that in the parts of England outside of London, only 44% of women trust the police. p1
...
Our findings place a further perspective on the findings in the Casey review and suggest that the problem is much more substantial.' p13

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Misconduct hearings:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

Centre for Women's Justice:

POLICE PERPETRATED DOMESTIC ABUSE

Has anything really changed since the 2020 super-complaint?

18 September 2024

At the time we published the super-complaint, we had been contacted by 46 victim/survivors of PPDA, of whom 19 had given detailed accounts featured in our report. By the time of writing this report, we have been contacted by more than 200 victim/survivors, of whom 67 have given detailed accounts. p8

A significant proportion –45% –of those who gave detailed accounts are, or were, themselves police officers or civilian police employees. p15

The Couzens and Carrick cases have demonstrated the terrible consequences of failures on the part of policing to collate and act on previous allegations against officers. p16

Psychological abuse, including controlling and coercive behaviour, is a common theme in PPDA cases. p23

We consider that there is a parallel with the learning from the Soteria Bluestone research into sexual offending. p25

In March 2023, the NPCC and College of Policing published baseline data on police perpetrated VAWG gathered between October 2021 and March 2022. This was accompanied by an insights report, drawing conclusions from the statistical data.
...
The report also notes that data obtained for the NPCC performance framework showed that only 2% of allegations were referred to formal proceedings, with just 1% of allegations resulting in dismissal. 720 allegations had not been finalised. p 55

Four and a half years since the super-complaint was submitted, there continue to be significant gaps in the collection and recording of data relevant to PPDA. p79

https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.u...

Policy paper

Factsheet on the government’s policy package on police accountability

Published 23 October 2024

'The Home Office will also introduce regulations to deliver on the government’s manifesto commitments to put stronger vetting standards on a legislative footing by the end of 2025 and, to ensure violence against women and girls is not tolerated in policing, we will strengthen requirements on police forces to suspend officers under investigation for domestic abuse or sexual offences.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

IOPC 5/9/24:

'We have launched a campaign – ‘You have a voice’ - to remind women and girls about their right to complain if they have ever been made to feel unsafe, uncomfortable, or dismissed by the police.

Women and girls who have faced abuse are left with the trauma of their experience. They can also feel extremely let down if they do not have a good experience with police after reporting the issue.
...
Data from our public perceptions tracker indicates that only 31 per cent of women feel that the police deal fairly with complaints made against the police. The same research tells us that the high profile stories about the police in recent years have resulted in 73 per cent of women feeling more negative about policing.'

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/yo...

'Examples of what you can complain about include:
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You were in contact with the police, and they did something inappropriate, like adding you on social media, calling or texting you, visiting you, giving gifts, asking you to keep things secret, flirting, touching you, or being sexual.'

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-wor...

Something I found interesting about the police complaints procedure which I learned from a YouTuber. He complained about an MPS officer and received the following:

'DC did not provide a response to the Heads of Complaints you decided upon.

Whilst usually officers assist with complaints by providing responses to give their version of events, they do not actually have to to provide a response and comply with complaint investigations if they choose not to.'

The MPS has also revealed that 'all complaints are resulted and concluded irrespective of the officers response and their level of engagement is not recorded'.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...

The Crimestoppers hotline to catch corrupt and abusive officers went national some time ago:

0800 085 0000 or online

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/campaigns-m...

Police Me Too (TRIGGER WARNING)

https://police-me-too.co.uk/

Officers on the Barred List:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...