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Gemsie | When abusers get away and claim victim.

I took blame because he said I made him that way, that I drove him to drink, and I was such a bad wife that justified his adultery. I excused and minimized whilst trying to adapt my behaviours to prevent further abuse happening. As things continued to escalate, to him

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Morag | Illegal entry and assault by officers

On the [redacted for legal reasons]. Two officers came to my door. Entered without a warrant or permission. This was to arrest my daughter who does not live with me. Officer [redacted for legal reasons] then attempted to grab my daughter (there are stairs behind my front door). Because she

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| Male police are totally mindless and useless

Put a tentative written query to an abuse help line run by the police, and just had them turn up 36 hrs later, with no warning, in a gang, looking for a fight. Said they were “safeguarding me”. That’s a joke, I mean, really, they think 36 hrs later is

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Stalked by ex | Stalked by ex

Speaking on behalf of a friend – she has been stalked for several years by her ex-boyfriend. Harassing her and tracking her. She has tried all means herself to protect herself and resolve the situation. Finally she spoke with Hampshire Constabulary and after a string of inconsistent appointments, staff changes

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HannahC | You can’t make it up….

I was arrested in 2022 after asking for help twice because of what someone had done to me, from two different forces and was ignored. In custody, I was taunted and treated horrifically by the custody staff. They mocked me, turned my call button off so I couldn’t get water

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| Bias and victim blaming Met

I was sexually assaulted by a police officer. He told them it was consensual and they failed to check basic facts from his account that would have been impossible and so showed he was clearly lying. They were only concerned with my credibility and, even though more people came forward

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staff | sexual assault at work

I worked in an open plan office which had a big range of people of different teams and type of work going on. There were little offices to the sides. An officer asked to speak to me about something which wasn’t an unusual occurrence. We were friends I thought and

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z | Line manager

I’m a constable and there was a life threatening incident where we had to use physical force to arrest a violent suspect who had injured police officers. During the incident I misplaced some equipment and my line manager threatened to get me under an investigation regarding professional standards having no

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The Bird | Still suffering

As a Senior ranking Special Constable as well as Civilian Staff I had a good all round knowledge of what “The Boys” were like. How wrong was I. My perpetrator was a Senior Ranking Police Officer who for eighteen months made my life hell, drove me to the brink of

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Surviour37 | The scapegoat

Firstly I have a learning difficulty after years of abuse as a child so sorry if I make mistakes. I was sexually abused age 4 repetitively as my mum was sex worker leaving with her pimps and punters for weeks. Also she neglected me as newborn leaving me alone. The

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Anon | Met sexual offences teams that covered up reports

This is about what happens when try and report predatory abuse and hidden corrupt and violent policies used to try stop reporting. My story can be replicated by the thousands. It’s on public record that Met officers from both Southwark and Camden & Islington Sapphire sexual offences team ( SOIT

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