Home Office performance targets for police stated they should prioritise other crimes, such as robbery
Jayne Senior,who ran the Risky Business youth project in Rotherham until 2011, was one of the first people to report allegations of abuse to the police and raise concerns about a lack of action.
The report said: “It is apparent that intelligence information was received by officers across a variety of positions within South Yorkshire Police, relating to organised child sexual abuse. The investigation was conducted as part of Operation Linden, which found officers had failed to protect victims and investigate many allegations of abuse in Rotherham, where around 1,400 children were abused between 1997 and 2013.
Seven retired before they could face misconduct hearings, one was cleared of wrongdoing and the others received sanctions ranging from management action up to a final written warning.“The brave accounts of these girls caused a seismic change in policing crimes of this nature for South Yorkshire Police and the wider police service," he added.
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