this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
71 points (100.0% liked)

Interesting Global News

2653 readers
672 users here now

What is global news?

Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn't have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.

Post guidelines

Title formatPost title should mirror the news source title.
URL formatPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.

Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. No social media postsAvoid all social media posts. Try searching for a source that has a written article or transcription on the subject.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.

Companion communities

Icon attribution | Banner attribution

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
BrikoX@lemmy.zip
71
Hundreds of UK police sacked for misconduct (www.rfi.fr)
submitted 3 weeks ago by xiao@sh.itjust.works to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The sackings -- a 50 percent rise on the 394 dismissed the previous year -- include 74 officers kicked out of policing for sexual offences and misconduct. Another 18 officers were dismissed for possessing indecent images of children, according to the figures compiled by the College of Policing, an independent public body.

The reputation of policing in the UK has been left in tatters since the 2021 kidnap, rape and murder of marketing executive Sarah Everard by a serving officer in London's Metropolitan Police who was later jailed for the rest of his life. In another shocking case, an officer from the same unit last year received 36 life sentences for a "monstrous" string of 71 sexual offences, including rapes against 12 women.

The most common reason for dismissal, with 125 cases, was dishonesty, according to the latest figures. Another 71 were forced out for discriminatory behaviour.

In January 2023, the Met revealed that 1,071 officers in the 34,000-strong force had been under investigation for domestic abuse and violence against women and girls. England and Wales has a police workforce of more than 147,000 across the 43 forces.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder why the sudden uptick? Is that related to… now they’re looking harder after the 2021 incident?