The System protects itself. If not misconduct, then it is certainly stupidity of the highest order. Rotherham: Grooming gang detective cleared of misconduct - BBC News
Between 1997 and 2013 at least 1,400 girls were "sexually exploited" in Rotherham, mostly because the people in charge were deathly afraid of being called racists. (See the image which is from 2014.)
Former Det Sgt David Walker had been accused of not following up tip-offs about grooming gangs in the town.
A misconduct panel found he had acted appropriately with any information.
The cops investigated the cops. What could go wrong?
The IOPC found eight officers had a case to answer for misconduct and six for gross misconduct. Five have faced sanctions but to date no officers have lost their jobs or faced criminal charges.
None of the higher-ups even faced review. Because they are (or were) "higher up." And the system protects those positions.
One of the people who tried to blow the whistle on the whole thing, Ms. Senior, who worked for a council-run youth project, had this to say.
Ms Senior said intelligence was passed on constantly, but claims it was ignored and the police attitude was "shut up and go away".
The Woke World of Policing that was the UK in the late 1990s and early 2000s, you would not get ahead by investigating a bunch of minorities.
And so this.
Which should be an object lesson in something, but I'm pretty sure that the UK police have learned nothing from it. (Hat tip to Blazing Cat Fur.)
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