U.K. cops are going undercover as joggers. Will it stop women runners from being harassed?

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• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I see sexy women, men, everything in-between, surrounding and undesignatable jogging all time. They come in all shapes and sizes and what makes them sexy is that they’re either pushing themselves to try something new or they’re doing something they enjoy. Leave people the fuck alone a fitness journey should never be interrupted, least of all because you’re a horny entitled bastard.

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  • MBech@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But what if she/he/whatever doesn’t know they have a nice ass? How will I be able to go on with my day if I don’t make absolutely SURE they know?

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    • HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was walking home the other night and I caught the tail-end of an interaction between some drunks and a woman walking in the other direction with one of the guys yelling at her saying something like “Just take it as a compliment luv!”.

      Gross, I assume they made comments on her appearance and/or body.

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• PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Might help them work off those doughnuts I suppose

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  • JohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No doughnuts here, strictly tea and biscuits.

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• Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Didn’t one of these guys follow a girl home and murder her a couple years ago?

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• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No. They’ll just start getting harassed by the cops.

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Didn’t they already try this a few years ago? I could have sworn I’ve heard this story before. Maybe more than once.

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pointless to speculate on. I hope in time there is conclusive data.

  Although, and I know this sounds a bit conspiracy theorist-y, it’s also possible that they aren’t doing this/aren’t doing it in any high numbers, and it’s just to make would-be harassers second-guess whether there are undercover police in the area – like those frequent road signs that say undercover police operate in this area.

  Come to think of it, Sunak said he was putting undercover police in pubs all over the UK, as a means to prevent violence and harassment. Did that actually even happen, or was it just a cheap way to keep would-be criminals in line? Because I don’t recall hearing anything about the scheme after it made a few headlines.

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  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s like the tv license detector vans

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