"This amounts to more than one woman a week coming forward in London to report that their husband or partner, a serving officer in the Met, has been seriously abusing them."
"This amounts to more than one woman a week coming forward in London to report that their husband or partner, a serving officer in the Met, has been seriously abusing them."
@katie_martin_fx I can't imagine the courage required to come forward and accuse an active police officer of domestic abuse, given the Met's culture. The horrifying implied statistic is how many aren't coming forward.
@katie_martin_fx @EliotHiggins Is the number higher than the average for all? Is the proportion charged higher than average? The problem is that there is too much domestic violence in general. Police should be better than average, but they are unlikely to be saints.
@katie_martin_fx @EmmaKennedy That amounts to nearly 1% of officers.
@katie_martin_fx That’s an absolutely unbelievable number isn’t it? And when you remember some of those texts revealed a week or two ago… Chilling.