Police Scotland staff experience negative consequences for calling out sexism

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Police Scotland staff experience negative consequences for calling out sexism

The Scottish Police Authority has released a report on Sex Equality and Tackling Misogyny.

Date - 1st June 2023
By - Cachella Smith

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Police Scotland female officers and staff have acknowledged feeling that there is “no point” in challenging misogynistic behaviour and colleagues have said that raising complaints commonly leads to negative consequences, according to a...

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