It doesn’t make any difference whether the unacceptable behaviour is in a police officer or a celebrity in a programme on the BBC. It doesn’t matter if the behaviour is racist or misogynistic. These institutions belong to the public, so those working for them are expected to behave better than others, not worse. I understand why these institutions attract abusive personalities – from the first contract onwards, they confer status and potential power. Such organisations need profiling courses for those on interview panels. Can they spot a potential bad apple? Can they spot deceptive behavior? Do they know the questions to use for digging into something the candidate is trying to avoid? The police should be experts at these!
The BBC has recently shown a change in attitude in how they got rid of Jermaine Jenas – quickly – there was hard evidence in the texts he sent women crew. Wallace is different in that it was on a programme made by an independent production company for the BBC that Wallace’s behaviour came to light. However, previous complaints had been made against him. The BBC needs to investigate what happened to those complaints and why they were not career-ending. When they have done that, the “BBC does not tolerate XY or C” becomes more credible. It’s not difficult to catch a celebrity behaving badly – leave their mic volumes loud enough for a producer in the box to hear.
I think the police have more work to do than the BBC to identify the issues. Nothing will change unless those at the top with such discriminatory attitudes are removed.
“The Force will put their ‘reputation’ ahead of the public, ahead of their own staff.” That is what you are up against. It is people at the top still doing that, still refusing to admit the extent to which the police are still a discriminatory organisation.”
After all the reports, someone in government – Yvette Cooper, Chris Philp, and Lisa Nandy as ministers responsible – must say, “Enough!”
As with the Church of England, those at the top who have failed to move with the times and who have said discriminatory things should resign.
All high-profile organisations should learn to treasure whistleblowers. These are the people who have your back.
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