Posted on 12/08/2016 8:48:07 AM PST by Perseverando
Hundreds of British police officers have been accused of engaging in the sexual abuse of victims, according to a report by UK top police watchdog ordered by then-Home Secretary Theresa May earlier this year.
The statement by lead researcher Mike Cunnigham branded the findings the “most serious form of corruption.”
According to the study done by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), during the 24 months to March 31, 2016, there were 436 allegations of abuse of authority for sexual gain “received, or received and finalised,” by police forces in England and Wales, including instances of multiple allegations against a single member of police.
Also, 334 police personnel had allegations of abuse of authority for sexual gain made against them during the same period, the report adds.
The watchdog found out that over a third (about 39 percent) of the allegations involved victims of domestic abuse.
For the study, HMIC polled 414 domestic abuse practitioners, 16 percent (68 practitioners) of whom said that victims of domestic abuse told them an officer or police staff had exploited them or developed an inappropriate relationship with them.
Of those 68 practitioners, about 59 percent (40 people) noted that such cases of abuse were rarely reported to the authorities, with a further 22 (32 percent) stating that disclosures occurred occasionally.
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Yes, I was wondering if many of the perps were Muslim police officers. If so, their bosses probably wouldn’t dare blame them for fear of being fired for a hate crime.
There are plenty of articles around about British Muslim police, but I didn’t see numbers. The National Association of Muslim Police has more than 2000 members, and presumably not all Muslim police are members. Their chief interest seems to be the rights of Muslim police to wear jihabs, turbans, etc., while on duty.
It was reported a year or two ago that more British Muslims have served in ISIS than now serve in the UK armed forces.
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