Met Commissioner Says Violence Against Women and Girls Need to be Treated Like Terrorism

Britain’s most senior police officer says violence against women and girls should be considered a threat to national security and policing it should be funded on the same level as the fight against terrorism. Sir Mark Rowley told the London Policing Board on Tuesday, “The aim nationally should be to treat it as a national security threat like we treat organised crime, like we treat terrorism.” “When you look at the amount of harm that predatory men create in communities and to individuals, that’s what it deserves,” he added. His comments came as one of the most senior judges in England and Wales announced plans to deal with a backlog of rape trials....