It’s not the high-profile cases alone that have led to women losing trust in the police. Countless women have come forward over the years to talk about instances when they’ve felt ignored, dismissed, demeaned and even abused by police officers. The Police Me Too website includes hundreds of accounts from women who have experienced this kind of behaviour.

Three-quarters of rape survivors say the police response damaged their mental health – that reporting rape to the police often causes significant harm over and above the sexual assault itself. Over half of surveyed domestic abuse victims said they had to report domestic abuse twice to the police before they felt appropriate action was taken.

Miller says that when women report domestic abuse, they are being judged or ignored instead of protected. “Immediately, their confidence [in the police] is shattered,” she explains. “Their hope of escaping an abusive situation is shattered.”

One survivor of domestic abuse, Deanna* tells Stylist that she has “always felt the police are unsafe”.

“When the default mode is to protect abusers, how can we feel safe?” she asks. “They’ve already decided they’re siding with the perpetrator.”

Not only have some police been turning a blind eye to domestic abuse, but some are also perpetrators of it. It’s been found that 80% of UK officers accused of domestic abuse are still working for the police force.

Why women still don’t trust the police