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National opinion polling for the Home Office is understood to show confidence in the police among women had fallen sharply after the Couzens scandal.Ĭouzens admitted three counts of indecent exposure between November 2020 and February 2021, months before he kidnapped and attacked Everard in March 2021.
It came on the back of David Carrick, also a serving Met officer, who was allowed to remain at large while carrying out 85 serious offences against 12 women – including 48 rapes – over 20 years, with repeated clues of the danger he posed missed by Britain’s biggest force. News of Couzens’s indecent exposure exacerbated the sense that the criminal justice system was failing to protect women and punish those who attack them. In British policing, it had been seen as a relatively low-level crime with little attention paid to whether a man committing it could escalate their offending.īut the US study found that an estimated 5-10% of exhibitionistic perpetrators later went on to contact sexual offending. The review will examine a study from the US that claimed up to 25% of those who committed indecent exposure offences went on to carry out further or more serious crimes. “The College of Policing is re-examining the evidence surrounding future offending and harm in relation to indecent exposure and how it’s dealt with by policing to make sure the learning and guidance we have in place reflects the seriousness of the impact of the offence and any indicators of future risk.” The review will be carried out by the College of Policing – which sets standards for forces in England and Wales – as forces contend with falling confidence among women after Everard’s murder and a series of other scandals.ĭavid Tucker, the head of crime at the College of Policing, said: “Sexual offences can cause serious distress for victims and can have a lasting impact on them.
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