New Police Guidance on ‘Sex Work’ appears to have been developed with significant input from pro-pimp organisations.
In fact, law enforcement appear to have been working closely with online pimping sites as 'partners' for years (despite knowing these sites carry numerous incidences of trafficking). This has done nothing to improve the shocking 2% conviction rate for trafficking or reduce the level of sex trafficking despite this being the stated reason for working with such sites.
So we have initiated legal proceedings against The National Police Chief’s Council which created this guidance. And they have agreed to enter into negotiations.
We now need £2,500 to continue this work.
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We are challenging Policing Guidance because:
- The language throughout means police are not being directed to protect women in the sex trade, investigate exploitation or hold exploiters to account.
- The Guidance refuses to accept prostitution as a form of violence against women & is highly confused and contradictory in its approach to ‘sex work’ & sexual exploitation.
- The Guidance misleads over the harms of online pimping sites & advises treating them as “key partners” rather than suspected participants in criminal sexual exploitation.
- The NPCC has not yet provided any evidence that it complied with equality laws or has even assessed the likely impact on women and girls.
- The NPCC has assured us that, whatever the outcome of our claim, sex buying is incompatible with the role of police officers.
- The NPCC oversees policing throughout England and Wales. Their guidance not only directs how police deal with the sex industries there but heavily influences police and other services and decision makers across the whole of the UK.