Home Secretary Theresa May left rank and file officers in shock today - after launching a furious assault on the police . The Tory minister, speaking at the Police Federation's annual conference in Bournemouth, accused officers of treating the public with 'contempt' over the way they treated victims of abuse and domestic violence. She also announced that she was scrapping all Police Federation funding because the organisation sits on 'vast reserves' of cash worth tens of millions of pounds. Mrs May's intervention came as a fourth police officer was sacked over the Downing Street 'plebgate' row involving the former Tory Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell.
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Tory minister attacks corruption and treatment of women and minorities
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Says public no longer trust police after Hillsborough and 'plebgate'
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Condemns public funding for Police Federation as 'unacceptable'
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Tells organisation's annual conference it needs to 'face reality' and reform
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Claims Britain's model of policing is 'at risk' amid growing public mistrust
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Comes as a fourth police officer is sacked over Downing Street 'pleb' row
'It is an attitude that betrays contempt for the public these officers are supposed to serve – and every police officer in the land, every single police leader, and everybody in the @placeholder should confront it and expunge it from the ranks.'