Watchdog highlights ongoing failings in report into police handling of Rotherham child sex abuse
A WATCHDOG’S report into the police’s handling of CSE in Rotherham has highlighted ongoing issues — and backed a review of the law on grooming victims’ criminal convictions.
- Independent sexual violence advisors not being updated and being underused or not used effectively, often acting merely as messengers.
- An absence of strategic leadership across multiple Operation Linden cases
- A lack of lack of professional curiosity on the part of officers, who tended to fous on specific crimes rather than identifying potential safeguarding concerns
- Under-use of sexual harm orders and abduction notices in Rotherham, although they were used in Sheffield.
- Social workers being left frustrated by lack of direction and action from South Yorkshire Police after sharing information about CSE.