"In the second phase of an inquiry launched in the wake of the horrifying crime which sparked national debate about police standards and women's safety Lady Elish has slammed critical failures in recording basic data about attacks against women in public spaces and a scattergun approach to prevention. Ms Everard's heartbroken mother revealed she continues to rage against her death as she is tormented by the horror of her last hours."
"Laying out her findings on Tuesday, Lady Elish said: Women change their travel plans, their routines, and their lives out of fears for their safety in public, while far too many perpetrators continue to roam freely. Women deserve to feel safer. They deserve to be safer. Issuing 13 recommendations to initiate a whole society approach to protecting women including the nationwide rollout of two police programs to stop predators she called for a turning point in the fight against violence against women and girls (VAWG)."
Four years after the rape and murder of Sarah Everard, predators continue to roam publicly and many women alter travel plans and routines out of fear for their safety. An inquiry identified critical failures in recording basic data about attacks in public spaces and a scattergun approach to prevention. The inquiry found that men with convictions or cautions for sexual offences are not automatically barred from policing. Twenty-six per cent of police forces lack a specialist policy on investigating sexual offences, including non-contact offences such as indecent exposure. Thirteen recommendations propose a whole-society approach and nationwide rollout of police programmes to stop predators.
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