Police chief: number of UK child abuse voyeurs 'horrifying'

Dave Thompson, of the West Midlands’ force, says scale requires treatment as social issue – not simply police matter

A “horrifying” number of people in the UK are looking at images of child abuse online, according to one of the country’s leading police officers.

Dave Thompson, chief constable of West Midlands police, told the Commons home affairs select committee that society at large needs to discuss the issue, which is about “much more than law enforcement”.

Continue reading... October 25, 2017 at 12:45AM