Thousands of police officers specially trained to investigate rape
by Flora Thompson
May 16, 2024
3 minutes
The Home Secretary has vowed to put more sex offenders behind bars after thousands of police officers were specially trained in investigating rapes.
James Cleverly hailed the figure as a “significant milestone” in the bid to overhaul how rape and sexual offences are handled.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was forced to reject claims that rape had effectively become “decriminalised”, instead insisting in the Commons earlier this week that “significant improvements” had been made in police probes.
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