When Police Officers Need Virtual 'Safe Spaces' for Stalking Training, We Have a Real Problem

Virtual “trigger” buttons in police training raise big questions about standards, resilience, and the future of frontline policing

Something serious is going wrong inside British policing, and it’s hard to ignore it when the evidence is right in front of us.

This week, it was revealed that Metropolitan Police officers undergoing compulsory online training on stalking and harassment are now being offered a “safe space button” at the end of each module. A virtual space where they can …