The public need to be made aware this is not just a Met Police issue, it’s happening all over the country. Whilst these abusers can rely on their colleagues to cover up for them, this issue will not go away and will only get worse.
EXCL: A woman claims Nottinghamshire Police 'closed ranks' when she reported rape and abuse by a serving police officer
I've spent the last two months investigating this piece for
@Notts_TV
and the LDR service
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@Fhamiltontimes
They protect their own, currently going through a rape investigation against a serving police officer with Notts Police.. despite lots of evidence they have supported him and purposely done a horrific job of their investigation, including having one his friends investigate.
@AVintenAuthor
I am so sorry you’ve been put through this. It’s disgusting that you are being punished for daring to complain about the police; It’s such a common tactic & deterrent to victims. I reported an officer for rape, they refused to arrest him but instead reported me to social care.
@mikecmorgan
Wow how can they justify this?? Why didn’t at least one of those officers question why this was allowed to take place?! So we’ll add that to the list of things you cannot do as a black man.. you are not allowed to work in any trade that requires tools 🤬
@CommissionerDA
We’ll never be able to bring about change if we can’t even see how big the problem really is. This is shocking, but absolutely shows how DA is not taken seriously by police or anyone advising them
@mikewhoatv
Yet the police twitter accounts are already being defensive about this. How many more reports and reviews are needed for the police to admit they are institutionally racist?
Plus the many more thousands of cases that Police professional standards departments bat away and don’t record. This is just the very tip of the iceberg. When will the police take their culture of abuse,racism and VAWG seriously? Women are not safe!
@DrRebeccaTidy
The police feel so entitled to full impunity, that when questioned they resort to violence & then suffer no consequences! Thank you to that woman who was brave enough to express her concern, & shame on the criminals who assaulted her. Policing by consent - what a joke.
@mikecmorgan
The 14 year old who pushed him in the river is above the criminal age of responsibility, pushed someone into the river to their death.. why is it relevant if he was a good pupil and no prior criminal history, he still directly caused a young boy’s death.
@AVintenAuthor
@TimesRadio
The flawed and biased complaints process that allows them to ‘mark their own homework’ and declare themselves innocent, which is clearly a loophole they seem to take advantage of to protect friends/colleagues and the force’s reputation
@vicderbyshire
My rapist and abuser is a serving police officer in Nottingham, he was never arrested or put on restricted duties and he was able to continue to have his taser throughout despite being deemed high risk of hurting me. He’ll offend again, no doubt about it. It’s not just the Met.
@IainGould
Whilst under investigation for Rape and Coercive and controlling behaviour my ex husband remained on full duties as a police officer and kept his firearms. The police don’t care who they have in their ranks already.
@VanessaBrownCan
Speaking out is the only way to protect other women from men like this, we can’t rely on anyone but ourselves to safeguard against these predators
@DollyScoobs
You’re bloody amazing! The police tried to deter me by saying it would be humiliating for me as I’d have to discuss my sex life in front of the judge & my family. In family court, the judge PRAISED my rapist for not raping me in front of the children 🤯 I was heavily pregnant!!
@mikecmorgan
Disgusting! Would this have come to light if the man’s wife had not noticed the money missing.. no. And yet it’s far fetched to believe that Chris Kaba’s Rolex was also stolen by an officer .. 🙄
@LawAspi
@ellieokwilson
I’d argue that most murderers have some form of MH illness.. that should NOT rule out also being an incel or racist or homophobic . I worry that if this had been a Muslim that no one would sympathise about his MH. But this was against women, so we need to sympathise & minimise.
@AVintenAuthor
My ex partner who was violent and a rapist told me that no one would believe due to his job as a police officer. And he was absolutely right. When I reported it, his colleagues/friends didn’t believe me and, I later found out, didn’t even record the crime. Who polices the police
@Maggie_Blyth
@PoliceChiefs
I have reported it, I was treated like a criminal and not listened to and was video interviewed by one of his friends. Now all the information about him is cloaked so no other angency can access the information so that I can be safeguarded. What do I do next?!
@ImanZayna
You’re such a strong woman, but it’s so unfair that you’ve needed to be so strong & resilient to achieve what you have so far, which is still not yet any real justice. No wonder people just give up. But you’ve shown the public how corrupt the system is, & you’re an inspiration!
@AVintenAuthor
@DrProudman
They discredit & criminalise any woman who dares to stand up to them! I reported a rapist police officer, & instead I had an unfounded referral to social care about being “too alive to SA” in regards to my children. & have been pulled over police an unusual amount of times since!
@VanessaBrownCan
The harassment you are receiving from the police is exactly what I fear I am experiencing more and more from my local police force, and I am scared it will get worse. Clearly no one really wants women to feel able to defend themselves or speak up for themselves.
@ellieokwilson
Incels are a huge threat to half of the population, yet it’s no big deal 🤬 their mentality &numbers grows insidiously whilst it is ignored!
@AVintenAuthor
@phil_gwd
@nottspolice
Notts police have an awful culture of racism and misogyny, and of not investigating the officers involved. Personally, I have been deemed high risk by one of their officers and moved address to keep safe (MARAC advice) however Notts police have never suspended or arrested him
@SheriffNottz
The very same officer who was part of a racist, misogynistic and vulgar police WhatsApp group and faced no misconduct for it. And who also has been investigated for similar incidents before, all NFA’d of course!
@PoliceWatch666
Abusers never enjoy a bit of scrutiny and accountability. The ones who are moaning should fuck off so the bullying &abusive culture in policing can be challenged and changed.
@BentexTv
@nobody_poor
Abhorrent police force, full of racist and misogynistic officers and a Professional standards department that act more like a PR department who deter as many complaints as possible by closing ranks rather than rooting out corruption. I hope they enjoy the extra scrutiny!
@MaggieOliverUK
The police complaints system for me.. officers who are friends with perp (police officer) investigating and never make arrest (rape & DV).. call handlers refusing to record crimes as any crime should go via PSD.. crimes not recorded or investigated (stated in IOPC report) …
@PoliceMeToo
@centreWJ
My rapist was investigated by his own friends and colleagues. I was not allowed to go to a different force or straight to the IOPC. The process was humiliating and has made me so angry at how unjust and corrupt it was. Never again.
@mikecmorgan
Re-investigation sounds great.. until you realise it is just the Met marking their own homework and they have to say whether their own colleagues/friends and superiors did their job properly or not…
@nat_fahy
Absolutely shocking, shows that they have so much to hide. I’m so angry that they can attempt to hide their corruption from the public when it is clearly in the interests of the public to know!
@MelSimmonds3
Yet as a victim of police perpetrated DV, & with plenty of experience of supporting those who’ve faced corruption from police.. I was actually relieved to see a police officer express that it actually wasn’t ok, and that this wasn’t acceptable or “just a joke”. So thank you x
@FlossGriffiths
Closing ranks and looking after their own.. their own being the officers who are committing sexual assault or who allow it to happen. It’s much more to do with limiting damage to their reputation rather than supporting victims of crime. It’s easier to pretend there’s no problem
@DrProudman
100% .. I’ve currently been court ordered to meet and handover my children to the man who raped and beat me .. all because it ensures I can be flexible around his work pattern and even though the children are also victims of DV, his rights as a dad are prioritised over them.
@PoliceMeToo
It’s so unfair, but this is how they want you to feel. Imagine how many victims have, understandably, given up because they’re exhausted and see no end in sight. But your work is so important, and you’ve helped people like me to not feel so alone ❤️
@GMB
I won’t phone the police as my rapist is a serving officer, and his friends/colleagues protected him. And I’ve seen how they discuss women and how racist they are. If you are trusted with power you should be held to a higher standard, not a lower standard.
So to make it clear as mud.. Sarah Everard should’ve been more “street smart” & educated & NOT complied with the police…. but also Chris Kaba should have complied without question & then he wouldn’t have been murdered.
Either way, it’s the dead victims fault, and not the police
@jadeblueLDN
Seems to be becoming a common “self diagnosed condition” that gaslights the victims. A Notts police officer (still serving) also used this as his excuse for raping me. At one point the police said they were investigating him for sexsomnia, despite me telling them it was rape.
@PoliceMeToo
100% this. My rapist is still serving as a police officer, they all know and are not interested but I bet if the press made it more known to the public they would act as if they were horrified. But only when it’s too late and they have no choice.
@BentexTv
@nottspolice
@nobody_poor
@SheriffNottz
All the officers on that WhatsApp group failed to report &more than likely shared the distasteful description instead, need to face misconduct proceedings.. Wonder why this hasn’t already happened.. maybe the Chief Constable has a family member in that WhatsApp group .. 🚩
@NottsOPCC
All (shit) talk & no action. Both PCC and CC are ignoring evidenced racism, misogyny & rapists within their ranks. Both refuse to have a conversation with me to discuss my concerns, as it’s easier to pretend it doesn’t exist. You’re both butchering the reputation of Notts Police.
@nottspolice
Nottinghamshire police, your own officers were openly racist and hateful towards the murder victim, insinuating he deserved it. But.. continue to clap yourselves on your own backs 🤬
@BentexTv
@nobody_poor
@SheriffNottz
They’re already finding ways to ensure he doesn’t face any misconduct proceedings, the latest seems to be that he was on holiday at the time and unable to access his WhatsApp messages 🙄
@NadiaWhittomeMP
It’s happening everywhere, including within Nottinghamshire Police. My rapist is a serving Notts police officer who kept his taser throughout the investigation, was never put on restricted duties, and never arrested. I was treated disgustingly by his colleagues and friends.
@mikecmorgan
But they’re all upset that ‘To catch a copper’ shows the police in a bad light 🤣 tip of the iceberg, it’s their crimes and abuse that show them in a bad light. Maybe they should get mad at their criminal colleagues instead. Changes need to be made, but they never will.
@JonAustinjourn1
The police “cloaked” the reports I made and failed to share them with family court despite numerous requests. Crimes of the police officer (my ex) were never disclosed, and Family Court declared no safeguarding issues despite the many occasions of violence, rape and stalking.
@DrProudman
Yes 💯 I reported rape and DV less than 2 months later (once I had safely fled the home where he lived) and this was straight away classed as “historical” and treated as if it didn’t count. I wasn’t safe enough to report before this point!
@TerminallyUgly
@ellieokwilson
So to avoid being murdered, women must stroke the egos of any man who feels insecure about himself & must also have a relationship with him to boost his ego? Otherwise they deserve to die? YOU are a danger to society.
@PoliceChiefs
@Maggie_Blyth
Seems like more words but no action. I’m currently exhausting every single avenue to me to be kept safe from a violent rapist in the police, no one will help. 101 won’t record crimes due to his job. IOPC agree, so it’s just been sent back for re-investigation TO THE SAME TEAM
@AVintenAuthor
@InspGadgetBlogs
The pack mentality of all the servinh & retired police officers going after her in pure excitement to cause her distress, & to discredit her despite not knowing all the facts & it not being their place to hand out personal information about her anyway, whether they agree or not.
@ImanZayna
@Louisa77591256
@kwilliam111
@policeconduct
Plus they’re all ex cops themselves. And have no real authority over the police. And the police know how to present things to them to avoid the truth being known. It’s a waste of time. I don’t bother with IOPC anymore, I reported a violent rapist PC, they’re not interested.
@mikecmorgan
How upsetting for his family that just based on his career choice he is clearly still receiving preferential treatment despite being accused of murder. And how alarming for the public that despite all the promises to be impartial and transparent nothing has fucking changed.
@MrNoCorruption
I’ve been blocked by her too, I have only liked and shared
@ImanZayna
posts! So anyone who supports
@ImanZayna
is automatically blocked by her as she clearly thinks we are the enemy.. yet she’s meant to be impartial and not to be on any “side”?!
@ReyLargo774455
@DrRebeccaTidy
Jill, you’re illustrating perfectly the immense amount of disdain that cops (both ex & serving) have for the public. An investigation is not a witch hunt, it’s a process of finding out facts, and not something the police are above. Less defensiveness and more accountability.
@AVintenAuthor
I’m shocked at how unfit for purpose the complaints procedure is, where were the professional standards team and why was he allowed to continue committing these sick crimes
@PoliceWatch666
And then the rest who haven’t been under any formal investigation or who’s victims haven’t dared report.. this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Current serving police officers sharing body worn footage of an assault on a female on WhatsApp for their entertainment.. Notts police say this is not a problem so the cops faced no misconduct proceedings.
@AVintenAuthor
The culture of ‘us and them’ then in turn makes it much easier for police to turn a blind eye when officers fail to follow standards of conduct or crimes.. and the toxic vicious cycle continues.
@policeconduct
And then the complaint I make about them refusing to record a crime is then sent to the very same team to investigate themselves and declare themselves innocent 🤯
@ResoluteSupport
It’s insulting as the “victims code” is just a marketing ploy to make it seem like they care about victims. If they truly cared they would make the difficult decisions and change the system.. victims are voicing what doesn’t work and yet they don’t listen!
@Ali_K_70192262
@MHewittNPCC
Absolutely 100% this. The problem doesn’t lie with women not reporting, it’s the way in which those reports are mishandled and not taken seriously. How many more convictions before you realise it’s an institutional rot within the police, and the law seems not to apply to them
This documentary really delves into systemic racism and police brutality, and how this snowballs when there is no accountability. Describes exactly how many believe uk police forces are. How can people not see the abuses of power, corruption and closing of ranks.
'Sound of the Police,' my new documentary with Valerie Scoon, examines the fraught relationship between Black Americans and the police, from slavery to the present. The film is now streaming on
@hulu
– check it out and let me know what you think:
@SheriffNottz
@nottspolice
@carolinenotts
And the Chief Constable’s son was part of the WhatsApp group, wonder if that is why Notts police will not allow the Nottingham families to address the officers in a letter, and so have instead been forced to release a public statement to them.
@Shirley58118020
Absolutely agree, this is not a problem to police officers when members of the public are named, no matter what their job is. Why should the police be above this? That would create a sense of impunity, which is dangerous when they are meant to be trusted with guns.
@DrProudman
Doesn’t surprise me! Judge gave credit to my ex for not abusing me in front of the children.. he raped & restrained me whilst I was heavily pregnant & other child slept in the same bed, & my eldest reported being scared of him as she’d witnessed him screaming at me. 50:50 contact
@PoliceMeToo
So sorry that you’ve had the frustration of dealing with such a corrupt system. My rapist and abuser was never arrested and several incidents were not even recorded, despite him being deemed high risk to me. The police process has been such an ordeal I’d never do it again.
@ImanZayna
@policeconduct
@AndyBurnhamGM
IOPC are just as bad.. they admitted that the police force who investigated their own officer for rape and stalking had not recorded or investigated the crime and then concluded that this was still a reasonable level of service 🤯
@FlossGriffiths
Absolutely 100% agree that women are made to feel like liars who must prove they are first worthy of police time and effort and “good enough victims”
@RogerDodger1000
So.. the unarmed black man who was allegedly murdered was scum, but the armed man who is charged with murder is a hero 🙄 Why are you all so eager to mudsling at the dead victim, but we’ve all got to wait until charged to have an opinion on the alleged murderer??
@carolinenotts
How can the police possible be held to account with draconian restrictions that prevent their corruption being reported on. Please hold Notts Police to account.
An important article about how Nottinghamshire Police does not want us and other journalists to publish details relating to police conduct around the Nottingham attacks.
@jamieklingler
@lucysjourney21
@AVintenAuthor
How could he possibly think this will help build trust and respect between the public and the police? The arrogance and disrespect in his replies is disgusting!
@AL3J4NDR0G1LL
@mikecmorgan
Yep let’s all question why the dead black man had the audacity to have an expensive watch. Would you question this if he was white?
@mikecmorgan
It means a flood of defensiveness and hostility from the police towards any member of the public who thinks the officer should be named. Though we should all be on the same team, we’re clearly not as it’s them vs us
@Defendergenes
@MaggieOliverUK
@SouthWalesPoli2
Absolutely this. My sister & myself (she was a witness) have been followed by police cars on many occasions, pulled over to check we had seatbelts on, & the most laughable one.. my sister was pulled over for not putting hazard lights on when police drove past her with sirens on!
@SandraSpeerPhD
Oh yes, I had a panic attack (due to refused special measures, & purposefully antagonistic & bullying barristers) & immediately told that it would “count against me” as I looked too emotional. *DV & rape victim, facing her abuser: woman still at fault* 🤯
@x524xc9h4g
I even tried to contact the chief constable, but it gets passed back to PSD. The system is so corrupt. I’ve made a complaint about PSD as they’ve leaked info about me to my rapist, and they’re investigating themselves and couldn’t understand why I’d think this was not impartial!
@SheriffNottz
@nottspolice
It’s their normalised culture now.. just to be abusive and derogatory towards women, and other groups of people they believe they are superior to. Scum!
@atvfriend
And then took him to be strip searched! He did nothing wrong, yet was criminalised, assaulted, treated sub-human, and then humiliated by a strip search. All for being black.
@ImanZayna
@MrNoCorruption
Unfortunately some people are still being misled & want to believe they can receive justice & impartiality. Unfortunately we’re in positions where crimes have been committed & of course they may offer up a review to keep some people happy & to take the spotlight from elsewhere.
@FlossGriffiths
How can it not be criminal that they neglected their duty to protect the public so badly that they allowed this sexual predator and many more like him to be given the power and the opportunity to misuse that power for abuse for years!
@ProjectPEEL
I think it’d be extremely helpful to provide information on what to do or who you can contact if you suffer retaliation from police ie “welfare visits”, inaccurate information added to your record or to social care, being over-policed as punishment
@LadyK06627993
@BentexTv
@SheriffNottz
@nottspolice
@nobody_poor
I have heard stories of how much worse my situation would’ve been dealt with if I was a female officer raising a complaint about a colleague. I’ve heard stories of perpetrators promoted and victims managed out of the job. It shouldn’t be that way!
@justice4mum2
I’m so sorry she felt this way ❤️ I can totally understand though, I struggled more to recover from the controlling behaviour, the threats and emotional abuse. I only recently feel I’m getting back to my old self, though I’m still constantly hyper-vigilant
@DannikaStewart
I was advised by my solicitor in family court that Judges don’t like it when you mention domestic abuse so it’s best not to. They get paid to deal with it, whether they like it or not.
@PoliceMeToo
@DannyShawNews
@metpoliceuk
My rapist was protected by his police colleagues, and I was treated like the criminal. And they then “cloaked” the information from Family Court so that they made a safeguarding decision without knowing he was being investigated for rape and domestic abuse against me.