October 2021: 'Worryingly opaque'

Former prime minister / home secretary criticises lack of police transparency, more atrocious stories about police treatment of women surface

Dear StopWatchers,

As we creep further into the autumn months, we do hope you are keeping safe and warm as the temperature drops and COVID-19 cases rise again.

Policing-wise, the political climate is already ice cold, with more stories and troubling facts surfacing about the police’s treatment of women to the extent that even the home secretary is annoyed…