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STATE SANCTIONED SEXUAL ASSAULT

WOMEN PAY THE PRICE FOR POLICING BEYOND THE LAW

NEW! NEW REPORT

RESPONSES FROM MPs, PCCs and CHIEF CONSTABLES 

In January we revealed that the NPCC had mandated an unlawful policy that allowed male officers to search women. That policy guidance was withdrawn on 11 January 2024.

 

Or was it?

 

Only 9 forces confirm that they are fully compliant with The Police And Criminal Evidence Act. Read our follow up report to see if your local force still operates an unlawful policy.

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WITHDRAW THIS FLAWED & DANGEROUS POLICY!

THIS APPROVED POLICY – ALREADY ROLLED OUT BY MANY FORCES – ALLOWS POLICE OFFICERS TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN AND GIRLS AND CALLS IT “HATE” AND “DISCRIMINATION” IF WE OBJECT.

 

In December 2021, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) approved a policy paper proposing that officers be permitted to strip and even intimately search suspects of the opposite sex if the officer self-identified as the same “gender” as the person being searched.

The policy – which has been accepted and is now being implemented by the majority of police forces across the country – does not refer to the protected characteristic of sex. Instead, it proposes that self-identified “gender” is used in place of sex in contravention of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE). PACE states that searches involving the removal of more than outer clothing are required to be conducted by, and only in the presence of, an officer or staff member of the same sex, and out of public view.

Women’s Rights Network calls on the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to withdraw this flawed and dangerous policy.

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The policy paper made it clear that anyone who objects to being searched by a member of the opposite sex, and any officer refusing to carry out such a search, may be the subject of a hate crime or a non-crime hate incident if this is based on “discriminatory views”.

This is not a hypothetical situation. Many forces already have officers who identify as the opposite sex including West Midlands where 12 officers identified as the opposite sex when asked in February 2023. 

Of the 47 forces consulted, 35 confirm they have either already implemented, or are in the process of implementing this policy. 

Heather Binning - Women's Rights Network

" The power to search is fundamental. It involves a legalised personal assault, particularly when this involves a strip or intimate search. As a society we accept that when this is carried out lawfully, it is a reasonable price to pay to ensure safety and lawful protection. However, these actions can only be carried out under the principle of “policing with consent” if they are both reasonable and lawful. This is not reasonable or lawful and we do not consent. It is state-sanctioned sexual assault, and it must not be tolerated."

Heather Binning,

Founder of WRN 

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    28/08/2022 - Marks and Spencer are Losing Women, Pride Comes Before a Fall, But worse was to come in Cardiff, And still in Wales…, Hampstead Ponds Gathering, Also Speaking Out: Judy Murray, Keep On Speaking Out: Sex Matters, A New Song to Dance to: because we all deserve to smile., 19/08/2022 - Form an orderly queue, ladies: this man will help you, Meanwhile, Joan of Arc is wearing a binder, More women shunned and banned for speaking the truth, Support the women of Scotland: Join the rally on the 15th September, #TwitterHatesWomen, Police strip-search guidance, Now for some good news from boxing…, 13/08/2022 - Men in women’s prisons: only with ministerial approval, Suella Braverman, the Attorney General makes a landmark speech, The fall of the Tavistock gender clinic: families to sue, Girlguiding has lost its way, Drag Queens: a safeguarding issue, WRN is expanding: into the west! 06/08/2022 - Happy Birthday: Women’s Rights Network is one year old!, Congratulations to the Lionesses!, Sporting Battles, First the good news from Rugby, But mixed news from World Triathlon, Speaking up for women’s sports, Keep up the Pressure on your MP, No to Drag Queen Story Hour, Let’s Celebrate.
  • July 2022
    29/07/22 - Success: Allison Bailey wins her case against her employers, Good News: The Tavistock Gender Identity Service is to close, Respect My Sex campaign continues, Dragging on with Drag Queen Story Hour, The slow downfall of Stonewall, Ending with another “Thank you”. 23/07/22 - A Great Success: #RespectMySex and the new Prime Minister, If you had any doubts..., The Power of Postcards, Men in women’s spaces, Our campaign against Drag Queen Story Hour continues., Congratulations to Joanna Cherry…, And congratulations to Kathleen Stock…, Finally, a big congratulations to all of us… 15/07/22 - New Prime Minister campaign: #RespectMySex, Should boys be allowed into secure units for girls?, Durham Miners Gala, Cancelled but fighting back, Prime Minister Candidates: do they respect women’s rights?, The WRN view: Anyone but Penny, Final Reminder: Anyone but Penny. 08/07/22 - Drag Queen Story Hour, Sending Sex Matters guidance to schools, The Legal cases: worth fighting and winning, Maya Forstater has won her employment tribunal, And other cases are in the pipeline, Shining a light on Stonewall , Farts, More good news: Sports, Sport: the really excellent news, Cass Review - looking at the treatment of gender-confused young people, Petitions to Sign: for flags and against gender identity lessons., Say “no” to mixed-sex toilets, Coming out as TERFS, And finally, a poem. 01/07/22 - Good news about swimming, Julie Bindel is banned from speaking – by a library!, The DfE has left Stonewall, Not Our Crimes – and maybe that will be clearer now, Sajid Javid is on our side, Secure Children’s Homes, You have to smile: a gathering of non-binary wildlife, The voice of the future.
  • June 2022
    24/06/22 - Bristol Speaker’s Corner, Sport is shaking off the madness., Another Somebody needs to tell Jeremy Vine, The BBC Lacks Impartiality … and so does OfCom, Now some good news about… The Guardian!, 18/06/22 - Bristol Speaker’s Corner, James Esses’ and Jo Phoenix have their cases heard. Finally, Another Janice Turner must read, Are we getting our words back?, What else is being kept under wraps? We don’t want men in women’s sports – official, Tulip’s Story, Nolan Investigates: The BBC and Global Butterflies, Women Abandoned by Unison. 12/06/22 - Twitter Still Hates Women, Forstater vs GCD – One Year On, Women Connecting With People, Take Action Today, Lisa Townsend Needs Support, Off The Scale Hypocrisy, Men Colonising Women’s Sport, Then they came after “female”, And finally …. 04/06/22 - The Problem with Mixed Sex Prisons..., Why Gender Critical Feminism Should Appeal to Young Women, Postcards, Indian Frankenstein Doctor, Women’s Sports are on Life Support.
  • May 2022
    28/05/22 - Jubilee Postcards, Calderdale Women Make a Difference, Conversion Therapy, S, cottish Gender Recognition Reform Consultation, We Have A New Prisons Page, Good news: Webberley is Struck Off, Activists Have Hijacked the Curriculum, Recognition for Mary Anning, It’s A Social Contagion 22/05/22 - 15th May Speakers Corner, Have A Listen, NO! To Self-ID, Postcards! We have Postcards!, Thank You, Nadhim Zahawi, Webberley is found guilty, Ovaries of Steel. 15/05/22 - The Ranting Essay, Self-ID in the UK, Allison Bailey Tribunal, Norn Iron Terfery!, And Finally …. 07/05/22 - Goddess on a mountain top, ladies who lunch, women uniting on TV, Respect My Sex - the final week, this ideology is hurting women, a woman's place is with women, the NI billboards and the Allison Bailey tribunal.
  • April 2022
    29/04/22 - Respect My Sex Campaign – week 4!, Webberley Tribunal Findings, Allison Bailey Tribunal, WRN Northern Ireland has put up billboards, meanwhile in Wales …, Heather appears on Talk TV, The women’s CiCLE race is secure, and finally… a poem. ​ 25/04/22 - The FCA complies with the law - correction. 22/04/22 - We need single sex spaces!, The WRN took to the streets again, And it’s now international, Anti-Scientific Hilarity, The Women's CiCLE Classic, The Good News..., And the bad news ….., The FCA complies with the law, The Shame of Bristol. 16/04/22 - The week Britain finally came to its senses on trans extremists and cried... ENOUGH!, Respect My Sex Updates, WRN Podcast with Coach Blade, Jenni Swayne Court Case. 08/04/22 - Respect My Sex Capaign Updates, EHRC Guidlines Update, British Cycling, Emily Bridges, We're Growing. 01/04/22 - The Respect My Sex Launch, WPUK Meeting, Laura Kenny Blog Post.
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