police chiefs say forces have to do more to tackle all violence against women and girls. it s basically ptsd. .. in barnsley, deborahjones has set up a support group, resolute, to help women who ve suffered domestic abuse. all of the women at this meeting have to be anonymous for their own safety. they share their experiences of dealing with the police. i found out in october who the officer was in charge of my investigation. i didn t get any more contact from her untiljanuary. she didn t respond to any of my messages. he assaulted me, tried to strangle me, and i was covered in bruises on my neck and my chest. a member of the public called the police, but the police didn t even take me back home. how did you think you were treated as in terms of things being explained to you, what was happening? l the police officer that i had at first admitted to me that she wasn t domestic violence trained. she was firearms. the second one, she was a lot better, but the first one,
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 from the public resulted in no further action. we re looking at everything from perhaps use of force when a woman is arrested through to rape, domestic abuse, something much more serious. so in a six month period, it s often easier to wrap up an investigation, and understand the outcome of it. where something is very serious, it takes a lot longer to investigate.
he says the case is politically motivated, and senior officials from his party say they are approaching the high court to get the arrest warrant suspended. pakistan has been facing a political crisis with mr khan leading several rallies demanding an early general election. here in the uk, the overwhelming majority of police officers or police staff staff accused of violence against women and girls in a six month period faced no penalty or further action, according to new figures. the data from the national police chiefs council covers all forces in england and wales between october 2021 and march last year. 1500 were accused. only 13 of those accused were sacked. our home affairs correspondentjune kelly reports. wayne couzens, the police officer who kidnapped, raped and murdered sarah everard. david carrick, like couzens, a firearms officer with the metropolitan force, and a serial rapist.
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for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures published ahead of wednesday s budget when the government is expected to encourage people back into work. a report says police in england and wales are not acting on complaints of violence against women by officers or staff. 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. and the public swimming pool that s being heated by a tiny data centre. welcome to bbc news.