Hundreds of UK Police Officers Accused of Sexual Abuse
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About 40 percent of the accusations of sexual abuse involved victims of domestic abuse.
More than 300 police officers in the United Kingdom have used their position of authority to sexually assault people, a new report has found.
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Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said the issue had now become the "most serious" form of corruption in England and Wales.
The watchdog gathered figures over the course of two years.
The National Police Chiefs' Council described the problem as a "disease" and acknowledged that more effort needed to be made to "root it out and inoculate policing for the future."
"It is the most serious form of corruption and it can never be justified or condoned,...