Anna Rowe

My God do I hate being told by men what a fake account looks like on here or who I should respond to or not respond to Do I look like I'm that stupid that I need explaining to all the time? Why do so many of you do it? This has to be the most annoying thing on here

I've deleted my tweets. I meant no offence and was trying to be kind, but I make mistakes sometimes. Sorry. I'm feeling pretty flat today and now foolish too. I think I need to be quiet for a while.

As police, can I ask what your perspective is on the victim’s of fake profiles ( what ever motive was behind it) and the journey they should encounter if brave enough to report or go to the police? I’ve had mine... but interested on training of officers etc...

It's not my area of expertise. I would look to stalking & protection from harassment legislation as a threshold for police involvement. Outside of legislation the relevant social media platform should protect the individual, but I understand they can be variable in their response

And yes the responsibility of the platform should be robustly regulated but isn’t so they really don’t care to do anything. Anything they offer is a smoke screen.

I am not in work at the moment. I'm also retired and a member of staff with a finite training role now, which sadly doesn't cover this area. I could ask colleagues, but that would be only on force perspective. Sorry, but I don't think I can give you the information you seek.

A real life staff perspective would be a great one rather than a ‘worked out and what we should say’ response.. I’d be very grateful