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00:13 You know, as a woman, as a police officer, we should take those allegations seriously.
00:19 We should deal with a colleague with compassion and understanding, and we should be professionally
00:24 curious in looking to join the dots to understand, you know, is this person a dangerous offender
00:32 and is there more that we could do and, you know, and offer victims support so they feel
00:37 confident to disclose the extent of offending.
00:41 It's hard to know all the details. I know the judge described concerns about were we
00:49 looking after our own and I think, you know, it can be hard sometimes for officers to reconcile
00:56 a colleague who they perceive as hardworking or someone who, you know, a job where people
01:00 have an opportunity to be a hero every day with, you know, horrific offending.
01:07 People I know find that hard to understand, but we have to understand that there are a
01:13 small number of people who are attracted to this job for the wrong reasons and we must
01:18 be determined to root them out, to leave no stone unturned and to never allow people like
01:23 Adam Provan to wear this uniform.
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