He said: 'I can understand why that line gets used when you look at the organisation, but I don't accept it as a characterisation.' When later asked if he would agree with the description of a male brotherhood culture in policing, National Police Chiefs' Council chairman Martin Hewitt told reporters: 'No, I wouldn't agree with that terminology', later adding: 'I wouldn't accept that definition.' 'And if so, don't you owe it to the public to see that and to change culture around by 180 degrees and start to lead us out of this epidemic of violence against women and girls?' Posing questions to the audience to ask themselves, she said: 'After 30 reports and 30 years of women's voices roused against violence against women and girls, why are you still not policing it properly? 'You can change the culture', she told delegates, adding: 'I hope to see police as modern men proudly leading the fight against sexist culture, speaking out like the bystander project volunteers.' 'May it be because you're blaming the victims of it for crimes committed against them through some undertone of sexism either born or encouraged by the essentially male brotherhood culture in policing? Does being a police officer make you a worse sexist than the ordinary man in the street? In an impassioned plea to the London audience, which included seniors officers from across the UK and the Tory Policing Minister, she asked: 'Are we living in a civilised and well policed country? Why are you still not policing violence against women and girls properly?. The Victims' Commissioner also claimed police forces are 'overwhelmingly male' and that the public won't have any faith in them until they root out criminals in their own ranks, citing a new survey showing just one in three women still trust the police after Couzens' appalling crimes. 'Sexist' police are putting 'male brotherhood' above the protection of women and girls from sexual and physical violence, the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales declared today, as she confronted officers at their annual conference.ĭame Vera Baird QC's fiery speech cited Britain's most hated policeman Wayne Couzens, who used his position to abduct, rape and kill Sarah Everard in a case that sparked protests on the streets and shattered trust in the Met.Ĭalling out the colleagues who may have been aware he had exposed himself and knew he liked violent porn before the murder, Dame Vera said Couzens was 'flashing a few weeks before, known affectionately as rapist to his pals, but nobody did much about it'.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |