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Serena Kennedy criticized MP Sarah Pochin's comments on female officers amid efforts to achieve gender balance in Merseyside Police, which is currently not at a 50/50 split.
- On Friday, Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy told Channel 4 News she was `Furious, angry` about remarks by Reform MP Sarah Pochin; Kennedy retires Sunday after more than 30 years in the force.
- Last month, Reform MP Sarah Pochin said she prefers male-female police pairs and added `We need them to go out to certain, perhaps more sensitive situations...`.
- The force seeks a 50:50 balance between male and female officers, Kennedy added, warning `We are not where we need to be and comments like that do not help`.
- Merseyside will install Rob Carden as Chief Constable on Monday, September 1, following his May selection by Emily Spurrell and more than 20 years of local service.
- Kennedy said she could not believe such comments persist decades after the Gender Equality Act and Sex Discrimination Act, and as a mother and grandmother, she wants her two daughters and a granddaughter to face no gender limits.
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‘Furious’: Police chief reacts to Reform MP’s comments on female officers
The retiring Merseyside Police chief constable says she was “furious” when she heard a senior Reform UK politician say female police officers should be accompanied on the beat by a “great big strapping male”.
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