It is not particularly difficult to find stories of how the police have failed victims of abuse, but that doesn’t make them any less shocking.
Take the following: a Metropolitan police officer who was accused of physical and sexual abuse, including rape, by two female police officers was allowed to continue working for three years, unsuspended. The Met’s handling of the allegations was found to feature “very poor rationale”, according to an investigation by Essex Police, yet it was still claimed there was not enough evidence to take the case to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Speaking to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, one of the alleged victims said, “I have no trust for the service I work for.” The other said, “You feel like you are being gaslit by the police.”
