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These last years IMO policing has been too reactive to poor behaviours. It’s focus on call-out cultures has led to either behaviours not being addressed (due to internal mistrust and fear) or incidents like these where harm is observed I’m seeing senior officers today releasing the usual statements saying how abhorrent this behaviour is. Whilst that’s important I just see reaction. 3 yrs post the murder of Sarah Everard and these attitudes persist in polcing. Why is that? You can tell people to do stuff but if they don’t feel safe they won’t Work of John Dovidio around cost v benefits is relevant. Policing needs to take culture seriously. We can’t help victims outside policing if we don’t address our own issues. Northants commissioner Stephen Mold 'will not stand again'
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9moExactly this, and I am quite sure this was not the first example of this sort of behaviour and so opportunities to intervene earlier and reduce harm have been missed. He has also been allowed to choose to stand down from re-election rather than any action actually being taken, so a message goes out, once again, that there is not good accountability. You are right that the failure to intervene sooner, and by inference the fact that people do not feel safe to do so, is the problem.