@cuno
People suggesting a joint visit to police to get the facts... what facts?! No-one was convicted so all you can know is what he was accused of. If the police turned around and said, yeah she made it up, or passed some opinion based on their own misogynistic biases then the police have a lot to answer for. I would not be happy if I found out the rapist I reported went to the police station with his girlfriend and they gave any indication or impression that I made it up.
It shows all confirmed police interactions on a partner not just the rape allegation.
The law was made to protect people, Data Protection Act also means it doesn't name ex's just recorded as investigated incidents of DA with any partner.
It's not fool proof but it's better than nothing, same as Sarah's Law, Child Sex Offenders Disclosure Scheme where asking police if someone who has any contact with minors had a record for sexual against children.
For example a pedophile isn't a crime, it a attraction to pre pubescent minors, most people don't know that and that crimes are sexual charges so if someone had sex with a teenager in puberty it's a sexual crime not a 'paedophile', being guilty of sexual crime pre puberty minor still isn't a paedophile... it's a scientific description of attraction to a age group.
Anyway if someone has contact with any child (that means taking to them!) Or perhaps poses a risk for an to valid reason people under Sarah Law have a right to ask police if they have a record for it.
These are there for you the public bu to be police would rather not let you know, which ironically would cut their workload down under both Claire/Sarah laws.
Now look at the statistic percentage of sexual offenders gender, then ask your police force for the staff % and constable/officer % of all their sexual crimes unit, prepared to be shocked.
Btw way Met Police abandoned their specalist DA and sexual crime units including Child Sexual Exploration Unit a few years ago, and the percentage of staff... male, the warning signs of Sarah Everett were there years ago when Met Police showed no interest in any sexual crimes unit let alone having a child sexual explotation unit as a bare minimum.
Doctors/social workers 3-5 years, police officers a few months training. Those in charge the police don't need a degree and we hand them databases of child sexual explotation, and the Met ? We don't need a team for that... How safe are your kids?
Why is there no educating kids before leaving them at nursery with strangers ?
You'll find like we all have with the Met now how corrupt most police forces can be with child protection, strangers with a clean record and a few months training can access victims or of concern databases.
Honestly go I ask your force in under Freedom Of Information the M/F staff & constable % on all sexual/DA teams , you'll find it's like the statistics of sexual perpatraitors.
Use Sarah, Claire and FOI laws to your own advantage and protection, they are better than citizens having no tools, we've plenty tools enough in public funded employment thankyou.
Male or Female, use what proactive tools you have at your disposal^ to protect yourselves & loved ones, state serves citizen, except when you are a public funded employee.