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Police to change: Record number of layoffs to scandals!
In England and Wales, record -breaking 600 police officers were released due to misconduct in order to regain the public's trust.
Police to change: Record number of layoffs to scandals!
Shocking layoffs in the British police!
In an unprecedented step, 593 police officers were released in England and Wales! This drastic measure comes to a series of scandals that shaken the public's trust in the police. The numbers published by College of Policing on Tuesday show an alarming increase of over 50 percent compared to the previous year.
Among the dismissed are 74 civil servants who were fired due to sexual crimes and misconduct, as well as 18, who were in possession of material for the sexual exploitation of children. The most common reasons for the layoffs were dishonesty with 125 cases and discriminatory behavior with 71 cases. These frightening statistics throw a bright light on the challenges with which the police are faced with.
Public trust in the game
The wave of layoffs takes place in the middle of the police chief's efforts in the United Kingdom to regain the trust of the public, especially after the shocking case of kidnapping and murdering the 33-year-old marketing expert Sarah Everard by the police officer Wayne Couzen in 2021. Officers David Carrick, who was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison after committing dozens of rapes and sexual attacks against 12 women.
Tom Harding, deputy police chief and director of operational standards in College of Policing, was disappointed with the behavior of the dismissed civil servants. "However, these figures show that we have effective and robust procedures to quickly identify and release these civil servants to prevent future roles from taking over in the police," said Harding. "There is no place where those who do not fulfill the high standards of our police forces cannot hide."