Friday 11 November 2022 11:56 PM DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Woke police chiefs are failing the public trends now
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Another day, another top police officer makes a complete ass of himself.
This time it’s Britain’s anti-terror chief Matt Jukes, who has apparently been traipsing around Scotland Yard in a special ‘MenoVest’ jacket, which simulates hot flushes in menopausal women.
He did this to feel more in tune with older female colleagues. So what next? Hormone treatment to empathise with trans officers?
Mr Jukes is no doubt a sensitive soul, who wears his Menovest with pride. But good management is about more than virtue-signalling stunts.
It’s about being alert to the concerns of all his officers and accommodating them within the framework of an efficient police force. Efficient being the operative word.
The Metropolitan Police is in special measures because of its appalling record on fighting, preventing and detecting crime. This is where Mr Jukes and his comrades should be focusing all their attention.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the Metropolitan Police's new 'HeForShe Gender Equality Lead', wore the 'Menovest' garment in a meeting to mark Menopause Awareness Month
Perhaps he could simulate the experience of victims, by arranging for someone to burgle and smash up his house, then getting his colleagues to ignore him when he calls for help.
Sadly, Mr Jukes is just the latest police chief who seems to have forgotten the primary purpose of the service.
Senior officers have been lining up to say they are powerless to crack down on the infantile Just
