Two years ago, after the murder of Sarah Everard and the behaviour of the Met at her vigil, many people listened to the Met Police commissioner at the time – Cressida Dick – promise that the force would tackle violence against women and girls, whilst also looking into sexism among police through an independent review.
That report was done, finding that police had something called "booty patrols" where they would stop "attractive" women to stop and search, also it found whatsapp group chats where serving officers were talking about assaulting their own partners.
One thing that was promised was accountability and the new commissioner has delivered partially by saying there is sexism within the force and that now over 1,000 Met officers are being investigated for allegations of domestic violence and sexual offences. One part of the bill states that police will be able to stop and search without suspicion, but police were only found to be abusing this power just last year with their "booty calls".
The home secretary and other parliamentary officials have stated that they are against violence against women and girls, but it is often just used as a political weapon.
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