To:
Rt Hon Mrs Theresa May MP, House of Commons
Make the Merseyside hate crime model of policing prostitution law UK wide. No other forces have adopted the approach despite it being recommended in the 2011 Chief Police Officers’ Strategy & Supporting Operational Guidance for Policing Prostitution and Sexual Exploitation. The current laws make people in the sex trade, most often in poverty and many single mothers, ‘easy targets’ for criminals.
We know you are working towards making our society safer with the recent review you instigated of the way police investigate domestic violence and with your introduction of the new law to fight human trafficking.
Declaring crimes committed against people in prostitution as hate crimes affects sex trafficking victims and sex workers, and by dramatically increasing convictions of rapists, murderers and other violent criminals, society as a whole is made safer.
You recently said, “We have a duty to provide vulnerable people with the best possible protection.” We recommend you back this up with immediate action to protect the most vulnerable in our society to rape, other violence and murder.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
Petition to make Merseyside model of policing prostitution UK wide
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Originally Posted by happygolucky
