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Now Jodie, still a serving officer, and another woman abused by Clarke are taking Gwent Police to court for the way it handled their complaints.
However, they believe the problem is far bigger than one force and have joined with 17 other women from across the country to form a super-complaint to change the way domestic abuse by police officers is investigated.
The complaint, which was submitted to HM Chief Inspector of Constabularies by the Centre For Women's Justice (CWJ), cites the cases of 19 women from 15 force areas who they say have been the victims of abuse, violence, stalking and rape — women left 'doubly powerless' as their police officer abusers were too often protected because of their positions.
Instead of reports being handled in-house, as they mostly are now, campaigners believe allegations need to be investigated by an outside police force, if not an entirely independent body.
After all, how impartial and robust can an investigation be when it is carried out by an officer's colleagues, many of whom will be friends?
Former Cleveland Police Officer Wayne Scott, 42, was jailed for 19 years in 2013 for a catalogue of rapes on two women, as well as a number of sexual assaults.
A subsequent independent report in 2015 found the force had a 'prevailing culture of indifference' towards his 'deviant' behaviour, with colleagues failing to act on 16 'red flag' warning signs which showed he was dangerous.
Yet more digging required.