Philip Gregory, former special constable,"convicted of rapes"

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Dear North Wales Police,

The Daily Mail has a story with the headline:

"'Dangerous and predatory' special constable, 67, faces years in jail for systematically abusing children and young adults for nearly 30 years"

The story does not mention the name of the force he worked for, but it includes this:

"Philip Gregory, 67, of Abergynolwyn, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, had 'systematically abused children and young adults' for nearly 30 years, prosecutor Elen Owen told Caernarfon Crown Court."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

I see that there is no upper age limit for applying to be a special constable:

"Age

You can apply at the age of 18.  There is no upper age limit for applying to be a Special Constable – life experience is an important attribute for the Specials."

https://www.lincs.police.uk/about-us/joi...

1. Please confirm whether Gregory was a special constable with your force and if so, please state the period of his employment. Additionally, if he was suspended from duty because of allegations related to his conviction, please provide the date on which he was suspended.

2. Please provide the number of special constables in your force.

Yours faithfully,

J Roberts

Freedom of Information Team, North Wales Police

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Dear J Roberts

 

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'Table 8: Special constables by police force area, England and Wales, 30 September 2019, 31 March 2020 and 30 September 2020'* (headcount)

North Wales

Sept.2019 - 203
Sept. 2020 - 201

* 'Forces periodically go through a cleansing process, removing Special Constables who have not worked for a period of time from their data. Each force does this at their discretion, therefore, caution should be taken when comparing differences.'

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College of Policing's Barred List:

'The barred list was introduced after the Policing and Crime Act 2017 made it a requirement for all Home Office police forces in England and Wales to inform the College of Policing of conduct or performance dismissals.

The list also includes dismissals of officers who resigned or retired prior to a misconduct hearing being held. Changes in legislation now enable forces to continue with these investigations and, where appropriate, still hold a hearing to establish whether or not the officer would have been dismissed had they remained in the police service.'

https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-pu...

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The Times Editorial - It’s now or never for policing to change

'The following editorial from IOPC Director General Michael Lockwood first appeared in The Times on Friday 8 October 2021.

"But now is a watershed moment for policing to act and above all else, change. Policing must re-focus on building trust and take a long hard look at its own culture.

A police culture that allows racist, misogynistic or homophobic behaviour to exist is not one we can trust. These breaches are compromising the relationship police have with communities they most need to serve.

From our own work, more than 1,500 police officers and staff have now faced examination by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for their conduct. Of those, 58 per cent faced disciplinary proceedings or were told to improve their performance.

As an example, in two years, we have seen 394 referrals where abuse of power for sexual gain by police officers was a factor.  Of these, 106 were serious enough to be investigated independently by ourselves."'

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

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GB News:

'Figures from 31 police forces obtained by RADAR under the Freedom of Information Act reveal at least 750 accusations were made against officers between 2016 and 2020.'

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/police-hundre...

RADAR:

https://pa.media/radar-news/

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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

Data and methodology

We asked our respondents how much they trusted the police on a seven-point scale, where 1 means ‘not at all’ and 7 means ‘completely’. YouGov were commissioned to perform a series of surveys. Data were gathered in 15 monthly waves, from July 2022 to September 2023. Respondents were exclusively from England; other parts of the UK were not included in this analysis. p7

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....

Public Perceptions Tracker summary report - 2022/23 IOPC:

'Q. You said you have followed news stories about the police and abuse of power for sexual purpose or offensive social media posts or messages by police officers. How, if at all, have these news stories impacted how you feel about the police?'

Women and men:

'73% of women feel more negative compared to 60% of men' (p19)

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publica...

Public perceptions of policing: A review of research and literature
Published 28 August 2023

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

Officers on the Barred List:

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

Misconduct hearings:

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