Public trust in police revealed amid wave of misogyny and sexual violence scandals
The IndependentMore than 40 per cent of British people no longer trust the police amid an avalanche of scandals over police misogyny and sexual violence. When asked whether they trusted police, 41 per cent of people said they did not, with 23 per cent distrusting officers “a little” and 18 per cent “a lot”. Women were more likely to report a fall in trust than men and overall, 43 per cent of people said women “should not have confidence in the police in the UK”. But the majority of the public said the government was handling policing poorly, with only 7 per cent believing they were responding “very well”. Chris Hopkins, the political research director at Savanta, said: “The public seem to show a willingness to give the police the benefit of the doubt, or at the very least they want to be able to trust an institution whose primary function is to keep us safe, but ongoing stories about the conduct of officers has massively eroded trust in the police generally.” The National Police Chiefs’ Council said leaders “recognise that confidence in policing, especially amongst women and girls, has been damaged”.
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