violence and emotional abuse. i think it s scary. the fact that he s had little control of himself and then being able to go to work and get a loaded gun out and be actually walking the streets. because clearly you think he should not be a serving police officer? i think it s a very dangerous individual. alice says she made a series of complaints about her ex partner to west yorkshire police, but she says no action was taken. after the bbc asked the force for a response, he was suspended. the force says it s referred its conduct in alice s case to the police watchdog, and it stressed its commitment to tackling violence against women and girls. when it comes to complaints, today s report by police chiefs shows that over a six month period, more than 1,500 officers and staff were accused of violence against women and girls. just 13 people were or would have been sacked, and where cases were finalised, 91% of complaints
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with me now is andrea simon, director of the end violence against women coalition. are you at all surprised by these figures we are hearing today? unfortunately not surprised. these figures come following a lot of evidence about the deficiencies in the police response to violence against women and girls. but it is the first time the nature of police perpetrator abuse has been reported on nationally, so it s a very important step. unfortunately but it shows is a significant number of police officers who are committing acts of violence against women and girls are not facing any consequences, as you have seen, the overwhelming majority of allegations resulted in a decision taken that no further action was required. and we are really worried about that lack of accountability. it s definitely showing us that that s the norm rather than the exception. so whilst this is a. it s good to see these
in england and wales are not acting on complaints of violence against women. we cannot be complacent and we need very robust investigations to take forward and dismiss anyone who we think is working in our organisation that shouldn t be. a22 year old white woman is for 8.5 years for falsely claiming she was trafficked and beaten by a grooming gang of asian men. job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to the latest figures published in the run up to wednesday sbudget, when the government is expected to encourage people back into work. and the public swimming pool that s been heated by a tiny data centre. we will explain.