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Why is no one asking about the colleagues - policing

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Bigweekend · 19/01/2023 08:32

Over the last 2 days I've listened to long interviews with senior police officers. They've said all the right things about how awful is and how things need to change but they've still worked for a really long time in a system that allowed this to happen.

I fully accept that it won't be all police officers, but none of these officers work alone. Even if their colleagues weren't aware that they were violent rapists, they will have known they were nasty misogynists. Why is no one asking about the responsibility of colleagues to report?

In schools it's an offence not to report a concern about a child or an adult's conduct. Why is no one saying the same for the police?

It seems to me that even if colleagues disapprove of an officer's conduct there's an entrenched culture of not "ratting" on a colleague. And before anyone says it, you don't need proof to report or investigate a concern. So why doesn't it happen? And why is no one saying it should/challenging senior officers on why it doesn't/ hasn't in these cases?

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BeachBlondey · 20/01/2023 14:29

Lived

BeachBlondey · 20/01/2023 14:30

And just to clarify, I left of my own accord to pursue another business and significantly improve my earning potential.

Felix125 · 20/01/2023 17:03

BeachBlondey · Today 14:28
if you’ve never been a police officer, you can speculate all you like.....

I agree. As a serving officer of 22 years, I have never seen it on the shifts i have worked on. I accept that it must occur within the police force, but I haven't seen it where I am.

I would call out any kind of 'bad behaviour' on the shifts, but i honestly have not seen any that would be misogynistic

superplumb · 20/01/2023 17:34

How do you know they're not being reported but their colleagues. It what happens after that's also the problem.
I've reported a few in my time..
In the police the anonymous reporting isn't really anonymous and this is well known, esp if it goes to a conference hearing. This is what worries people from speaking out.

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