This is shocking- who will trust a policeman now-

I'm not sure it's a police thing. The 'issue' (sorry about the wording) is that rape or sexual assault is that's it's usually one word against another.

It's often days or even months between when the event happens so no physical evidence. That's why the CPS struggle to get a convicton or even go to trail.

A women says 'he raped me 3 weeks ago' and the bloke says 'I didn't'. How can they prove it? You could even go to the police the next day with DNA yet its still a case of the female saying she's raped and a guy saying it's concentual. Again proof?

That said it's still a horrific thing for a girl to go through... Examination / giving evidence / past sexual history etc. It's also as bad for a guy if he's found not guilty he's probably ruined for life.
 
S7DiscoDown said:
I'm not sure it's a police thing. The 'issue' (sorry about the wording) is that rape or sexual assault is that's it's usually one word against another.

It's often days or even months between when the event happens so no physical evidence. That's why the CPS struggle to get a convicton or even go to trail.

A women says 'he raped me 3 weeks ago' and the bloke says 'I didn't'. How can they prove it? You could even go to the police the next day with DNA yet its still a case of the female saying she's raped and a guy saying it's concentual. Again proof?

That said it's still a horrific thing for a girl to go through... Examination / giving evidence / past sexual history etc. It's also as bad for a guy if he's found not guilty he's probably ruined for life.
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S7- I agree with a lot of what you are saying, but, according to this article, as I interpret it, the police are looking after their own. The police disciplinary system, which of course is run, administered and controlled by the police, seems to be used instead of the judicial system. So policemen are not going to court because the police dealt with it themselves.
 
Trug said:
S7- I agree with a lot of what you are saying, but, according to this article, as I interpret it, the police are looking after their own. The police disciplinary system, which of course is run, administered and controlled by the police, seems to be used instead of the judicial system. So policemen are not going to court because the police dealt with it themselves.
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I can confidently say that that view is incorrect.

Criminal proceedings will always follow where the evidence supports it, followed by the disciplinary processes.

But the disciplinary processes are also statutory - the standards applied to police conduct are most likely the most stringent of any profession.
 
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