#police-failings

#police-failings

Police initially told a victim to report alleged Chinese state-linked intimidation to Hong Kong’s embassy, later apologising for failing to investigate national security concerns.

Systemic failures and dismissive police responses allowed grooming gangs to abuse vulnerable teenage girls, resulting in limited convictions despite evidence and subsequent inquiries.

Widespread grooming gangs exploit vulnerable teens across London amid police and child‑protection failings, leaving many victims unprotected.

Avon and Somerset Police apologised after an IOPC inquiry found unacceptable failings in the initial investigation of Kelly Faiers' death at a convicted sex offender's residence.

Ian Watkins, convicted child sex offender and former Lostprophets frontman, was fatally stabbed in Category A HMP Wakefield amid prior police failings to act on multiple reports.