80% of police accused of domestic violence keep jobs

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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/17/80-percent-of-uk-police-accused-of-domestic-abuse-kept-jobs-figures-show

And they wonder why people have problems trusting the police.

Accused or convicted?

Yeah, my worldview has been irrevocably changed through my job x

@PukkaP

Accused or convicted?

Oh do bugger off. Convictions for domestic abuse are pathetic. So we really cant go on convictions.

How many times have we seen stories of the police not even investigating other police when they're accused of domestic abuse.

I'm quite happy to listen to the stats of those accused because we dont get convictions in our legal system.

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question. There's no need to be nasty

@PukkaP

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question. There's no need to be nasty

Even in the vanishingly unlikely scenario that lots of women are lying, that's still a shit ton of abusers keeping their jobs. Some professions are rightly held to a higher standard. The police should be.

And the police tops the list of professions for DV. Which is frankly terrifying.

Yes, that's a fair comment

If you look into the way dv and csa allegations and how the cps these crimes then it is a silly question. I'm a trauma therapist and work with this survivor group.

Corrections officers commonly abuse their wives or partners as well. Both professions discourage a collaborative egalitarian problem solving model that works best for long term relationships. Being brutal is a usual job description, which is not healthy. The day after Christmas, the American divorce season starts; policemen are first in line.
I spent twenty-seven years renting storage units, so learned a lot on the job.

I'm sure there are many decent policemen out there. But I also think there's a proportionately high rate of corruption and crime amongst them. My colleague worked most his career in the police and said the number of policemen having affairs is crazy high. Obviously it's not against the law but I think it's indicative of their character.

I'm not surprised a very male, dominant and "powerful" professional has many abusers in it. It's a great way to hide your crime and also lends itself well to those who want to assert authority over others.

I can only imagine how helpless a victim would feel as it would feel impossible to report and proceed with it ☹️ there's no place for bullies and low life's in the police force.

@DontLookBackInAnger1

I'm sure there are many decent policemen out there. But I also think there's a proportionately high rate of corruption and crime amongst them. My colleague worked most his career in the police and said the number of policemen having affairs is crazy high. Obviously it's not against the law but I think it's indicative of their character.

I'm not surprised a very male, dominant and "powerful" professional has many abusers in it. It's a great way to hide your crime and also lends itself well to those who want to assert authority over others.

I can only imagine how helpless a victim would feel as it would feel impossible to report and proceed with it ☹️ there's no place for bullies and low life's in the police force.

It's the same in the army. I've worked on a lot of military bases (I'm not military) and affairs are just normal. Most of the men had girlfriend's around the base area. They had wives at home. No one told their wives, no one said anything. It was just normal behaviour.

Male dominated, powerful profession. They behave in an atrocious way toward women. And every woman married to a police officer or army man will say, "not my husband" but well, it was a hell of a lot of them and their wives didnt know... that was the while point so...