[quote Whattheflecker]@RIPigglePiggle you've fundamentally missed the point that men like that are attracted to those roles precisely because of the power and opportunity it gives them.
Every other sector which has had its abuse scandal: NHS after Harold Shipman, Schools after Jessica Wells and Holly Chapman, Sports clubs after Barry Bennell have undergone wholescale review aimed at preventing it happening again. The NHS completely changed the approach to palliative care after Shipman. Now that's not to say there won't be any risks but not one of them just said 'nothing for us to do he was just a bad apple' as so many police seem to be saying.
@turnitonagain 💯 agree. First they came for...[/quote]
I’ve worked investigating sexual offences for years so I do have some idea of what I’m talking about. I would say that about all the people I’m talking about. Their roles gave them power and access to victims. In the same way domestic sexual assault is often more about power than anything else. Predators always look for power and opportunity be that through work, volunteering or romantic/family relationships.
The NHS hasn’t undergone under any significant changes after the nurse that murdered patients, nor after the midwife who murdered babies. Nor is there any significant review or change after the many many abuse cases I deal with involving professionals. The cases you name are the ones you remember because of the changes made. The immediate circumstances are reviewed but usually there’s no significant ‘shake up’ of the profession. It depends on the circumstances. For example the vetting issues in the Couzens case been human error or is there an issue that’s been replicated across all 43 forces.
I suppose the difference with policing is the wider issues with not only the prevalence of offences against women but also the poor response of the criminal justice system from reporting through to trial.
There is an investigation being carried out by the IOPC into how Couzens was able to get through vetting and what colleagues suspected about his behaviour. We are subject to regular reviews by HMIC on violence against women. I have posted on other threads my views on how this could be improved (IMO). I don’t think there is necessarily a lack of accountability, but it could be more effective. Sadly I think the government has very little grasp of policing or the issues here hence the nonsense being spouted by Kit Malthouse and Priti Patel at the minute.