London cops handed victim's new address and number to her stalker, watchdog says
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/05/london-cops-handed-victims-new-address-and-number-to-her-stalker-watchdog-says/5283382
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uber_chicken@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 18d
How does that even happen? Why would the police give someones information to anyone?
Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 18d
Stalker didn't even ask for it. Cops are just incompetent and didn't do the most basic shit, handing the stalker testimony copies with victims addr and phone number
uber_chicken@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 18d
And the police wonder why we don't go to them for anything anymore
Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 18d
US are probably the most violent in the western world, but UK cops are 100% the dumbest.
uber_chicken@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18d
Oh 100% and I say that as someone from the UK
smeg@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 18d
Birds of a feather
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 17d
My own personal experience with specifically the City Of London police is that they're very incompetent.