Impunity for UK Police Accused of Domestic Abuse
Domestic abuse is grounded in fear, so what happens when the abusers are part of the system that is supposed to protect those who are being abused? A report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that UK police officers and other law enforcement personnel accounted for more than 700 alleged cases of domestic abuse over a three-year period from 2015-2018. The actual number is likely to be even higher, the Bureau noted, since only 37 of the UK’s 48 police forces provided data.