Undercover female officers will walk streets to catch drivers shouting sexist ...
'Catcall squad' of undercover female police officers will walk streets to catch drivers shouting sexist comments at women West Yorkshire Police took action in Bradford over female students' complaints Undercover officers will patrol hotspots where women reported being harassed Crackdown is targeting the 'use of sexual language or making sexual suggestion'
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Drivers who catcall passers-by are being targeted by an undercover police operation.
Women officers wearing plain clothes have been walking in areas of a city where students have complained of being harassed from cars.
Drivers who shout ‘things from their vehicles’ risk being pulled over and handed a fixed penalty or, if taken to court, fined £1,000.
The crackdown on sexist and lewd comments by men is taking place in Bradford and relies on a Public Space Protection Order which is in force for the entire city and relates to the use of motor vehicles and behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
