A former police chief today said she would struggle to report a crime because of the way female victims are routinely judged and humiliated .
Sue Fish, who retired as Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police in 2017, said going through the criminal justice system was thankless for women, adding that victim blaming was now endemic .
Ms Fish told Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4 s Woman s Hour that there were still significant parts of policing where there is a very toxic culture of sexism, of misogyny, that objectifies women .
The former top officer was speaking amid fierce backlash against the Met Police s handling of a vigil for 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard after one of its own officers, Wayne Couzens, was charged with her kidnap and murder.
Plans to send plainclothes police into British nightclubs and improve public lighting to increase women's safety in the wake of the Sarah Everard murder case were criticised as ’laughable’ by policing experts and rights campaigners.
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Plans to send plainclothes police into British nightclubs and improve public lighting to increase women’s safety in the wake of a high-profile murder case were criticized as “laughable” by policing experts and rights campaigners on Tuesday.
The government announced the measures on Monday as the death of Sarah Everard, 33, and police’s handling of a memorial vigil, where they tussled with mourners, fuelled a national debate over women’s safety and criticism of police.
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