Posted on 11/18/2014 5:39:35 PM PST by george76
The Independent Police Complaints Commission will investigate 10 South Yorkshire police officers over their handling of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham .
The police watchdog has announced it is to investigate 10 South Yorkshire police officers over their handling of child sexual exploitation in the wake of the Rotherham child abuse scandal.
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The controversy following Prof Jay's report led to a series of high-profile resignations including Roger Stone, the Rotherham council leader; Martin Kimber, the council chief executive and Joyce Thacker, the director of children's services.
The most high profile resignation was that of Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner, who was the Rotherham councillor overseeing children's services between 2005 and 2010.
South Yorkshire's chief constable David Crompton has also been under pressure to explain his force's attitude towards child sexual exploitation over the last 15 years.
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Day-um.
I thought this was Climate Change thread!
You were not alone in that!!!
Well, if pedophiles in the UK are ever punished significantly that will be a change in climate.
I sense that this matter as much as politics relating to the EU and immigration helped drive UKIP to prominence. An actual outside political force from all this.
We could sure use a new party in this country.
Just because they resigned doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be held accountable.
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