Police leaders promise crackdown on officers who are abusive to women

College of Policing for England and Wales is planning policies to deal with harassment and racism in forces after string of scandals

Police leaders have admitted officers were kept on duty who should be sacked as they launched a promised crackdown on those who attack, abuse or harass women.

A series of scandals have rocked confidence in policing, with its leaders under pressure to do more to eliminate what one police chief called toxic behaviour and [a] damaging culture".