Shocking figures reveal the scale of police officers accused of domestic abuse and their forces’ failures to deal with such reports, ITV News can reveal.
A total of 82% of police officers and police staff from across the UK kept their jobs despite being reported for domestic abuse over the last three years, a joint investigation by ITV News and The Bureau for Investigative Journalism has found.
The data also shows very few officers were disciplined over the reports and just a handful were sacked.
Read more here: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-03-17/82-of-uk-police-accused-of-domestic-abuse-in-past-three-years-kept-their-jobs
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