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Alice Vinten
Alice Vinten was a constable in the Metropolitan police for 11 years
February 2022
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I recognise only too well the horror stories of misogyny in the Met
Alice Vinten
Eleven years as a constable in the Metropolitan police showed me the appalling attitude of some of my colleagues towards women, says Alice Vinten
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