Inside the Met unit investigating police abuse claims
The new Domestic and Sexual Offences Unit - or Daso unit - represents an attempt to sweep out the dark corners of a force with a trust problem.
Dressed in her uniform - a white shirt, black trousers, epaulettes and a black tie - one alleged victim, a young female officer, describes how she reported concerns about a colleague to the unit. In another recent case, a police community support officer was convicted and sacked for masturbating in uniform, in broad daylight in a public park.
Shortly afterwards, the report of a long-running investigation into a group of male officers at Charing Cross Police Station added further fuel to the fire. Codenamed Operation Hotton, it found the men had sent racist and sexist messages revealing attitudes no organisation could accept within its workforce, not least the police.
And when the allegation is not properly dealt with, the experience for the accuser can be devastating.Gemma described the experience of accusing a police officer former partner of domestic abuse as devastatingWhen she accused a former partner - also a police officer - of domestic abuse, she knew she ran the risk of being "labelled and not in a good way" by colleagues.
Police Scotland investigated but concluded no action should be taken against her partner. But, after several years, the force has finally apologised for not following established procedures for dealing with domestic abuse allegations, whether made against a police officer or not.
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