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Her report said that too many women do not feel safe walking Britain's streets. She said the efforts made by police forces since her report launched were "fragmented, underfunded, and overly reliant on short-term solutions." She added: "There is an urgent need to refocus on preventing offenders from offending and perpetrators from reoffending."
Police programs such as Project Vigilant, which targets predators at clubs and bars, and Operation Soteria, which aims to increase the number of sexual assault investigations resulting in a charge, are praised signs of hope. She said she welcomes the Labour government's pledge to cut violence in half against women and girls in the last decade.
The report praises "excellent" work and initiatives to increase women's safety after Everard's murder but demands a "laser" focus on predatory men and says prevention work to stop them before they attack is "underfunded and under-prioritised."
Angiolini said despite promises, violence against women and girls was not being taken seriously as counter-terrorism. "Too often prevention in this space remains just words. Until this disparity is addressed, violence against women and girls cannot credibly be called a national priority," she said.
Angiolini is a former top law officer in Scotland. She made 13 new recommendations in the second part of her report.
"It is deeply concerning that, nearly two years on, policing has still not implemented basic reforms such as a ban on officers with sexual offence histories ... Women cannot be expected to trust a system that resists naming misogyny and racism, and continually fails to change," Andrea Simon, the director of the End Violence Against Women coalition, said in a statement.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/police-forces-in-england-and-wales-missing-basic-policies-on-sexual-offenses