When you look across violence against women and children, there are millions of offenders in the UK. Some of the numbers are eye-watering. The scale … - Mark Rowley
" "When you look across violence against women and children, there are millions of offenders in the UK. Some of the numbers are eye-watering.
The scale of this is way beyond policing and the justice system and we need a frank conversation about it, that looks at prevention work, protective work, as well as enforcement ... work.
This is largely men offending on women and children ... You’ve got millions of men in the country who pose a risk to women and children at some level. And requires a whole step up in approach.
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About Mark Rowley
Sir Mark Peter Rowley, QPM, (born November 1964) is a British senior police officer who, as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, has been the head of the Metroplitan Police since September 2022. He was formerly the Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations of the Met and the concurrent Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council Counter-Terrorism Coordination Committee and National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing. He was previously Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2009-2011), and also served as Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between February 2017 and April 2017. He temporarily retired from the police in March 2018.
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[When asked if women reporting violence and abuse from men could be assured they would be assisted by a police officer whose behaviour was not under review.] I can’t, I’m not going to make a promise that I can't stick to [...] I'm going to put in place ruthless systems to squeeze out those who shouldn’t be with us.
Most of our officers are fantastic, the people who specialised in this area are great and they have the skills. But do I have some officers who shouldn’t be in the Met that I've got to identify and get rid of? Yes I do, and I'm completely frank about that.
This man abused women in the most disgusting manner. It is sickening. We’ve let women and girls down, and indeed we’ve let Londoners down.
We have failed, and I’m sorry. He should not have been a police officer. We haven’t applied the same sense of ruthlessness to guarding our own integrity that we routinely apply to confronting criminals. I do know an apology doesn’t go far enough, but I do think it’s important to acknowledge our failings and for me to say I’m sorry.
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