Prosecute police officers, councillors & officials who helped cover-up grooming

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Neglect & Misconduct in Public Office must become a statutory offence used to prosecute officials who ignored grooming evidence. The scale of abuse recently exposed only occurred because officials covered-up evidence as they prioritised considerations over multiculturalism, reputation & budgets.

Examples from Prof Jay report:
Home Office researcher hand delivers letter to Chief Constable detailing abuse, District Commander & Council Officials warn her never to do this again
Social care assess child as ‘no risk’ despite dad detailing abuse & identifying abusers
Pakistani Cllrs block investigations, they have yet to be held responsible
CID insists 12 yr-old is consensual with abuse gang, investigation stopped
Victim found in house with abuse gang, only the girl is arrested for being drunk

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what you would like the UK Government or Parliament to do.

A decision to prosecute is not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.

Parliament can change the law. If your petition clearly asked for a change in the law, we could be able to accept it.

Timeline

18 Aug 2015	Petition opened for signatures
14 Sep 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Sep 2015

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