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Hundreds of UK police sacked for misconduct

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Agence France-Presse

<p>LONDON — Nearly 600 police officers in England and Wales were sacked in the year to March 2024, figures showed Tuesday, as police chiefs battle to restore public confidence after a string of scandals.</p><p>The sackings — a 50 percent rise on the 394 dismissed the previous year — include 74 officers kicked out of policing for sexual offenses and misconduct.</p><p>Another 18 officers were dismissed for possessing indecent images of children, according to the figures compiled by the College of Policing, an independent public body.</p><p>The reputation of policing in the UK has been left in tatters since the 2021 kidnap, rape and murder of marketing executive Sarah Everard by a serving officer in London&#x27;s Metropolitan Police who was later jailed for the rest of his life.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/30/pnp-to-probe-duterte-s-senate-admission-on-drug-war-1547">RELATED: PNP to probe Duterte’s Senate admission on drug war</a></div><p>In another shocking case, an officer from the same unit last year received 36 life sentences for a &quot;monstrous&quot; string of 71 sexual offenses, including rapes against 12 women.</p><p>The most common reason for dismissal, with 125 cases, was dishonesty, according to the latest figures. Another 71 were forced out for discriminatory behavior.</p><p>Assistant Chief Constable Tom Harding of the College of Policing said it was &quot;hugely disappointing to see the conduct of a number of officers falling far below the standard that we set... and which the public rightly expects&quot;.</p><p>But he said the number being sacked was also an indication of the &quot;effective, robust procedures in place to identify and deal with these officers swiftly&quot;.</p><p>&quot;Their behavior tarnishes policing and erodes public trust,&quot; he added.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/08/23/uk-policeman-gets-36-life-sentences-for-serial-rapes">READ: UK policeman gets 36 life sentences for serial rapes</a></div><p>In January 2023, the Met revealed that 1,071 officers in the 34,000-strong force had been under investigation for domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.</p><p>England and Wales has a police workforce of more than 147,000 across the 43 forces.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rGTWMCCn-FI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The most common reason for dismissal, with 125 cases, was dishonesty, according to the latest figures. Another 71 were forced out for discriminatory behavior.</p>

The most common reason for dismissal, with 125 cases, was dishonesty, according to the latest figures. Another 71 were forced out for discriminatory behavior.