Female Police Officers to Pose as Joggers in Crackdown on Cat Calling in Bradford

Female plainclothes police officers have been sent to “run or jog in ‘hotspot’ areas” in an effort to tackle “runner harassment” and cat calling from strangers in Bradford. The city of Bradford Metropolitan District Council confirmed the enforcement action was taking place in its announcement of the “JogOn to female runner harassment” campaign on Wednesday. Bradford Council stated that police have “carried out enforcement action sessions across the district by sending female officers out in plain clothes to run or jog in ‘hotspot’ areas.” The council said it can also enforce its Public Space Protection Order (PSCO), which bans the “anti-social use of vehicles,” including “shouting, swearing at, or abusing, threatening or intimidating another person – including using sexual language or making sexual suggestions” from a vehicle....