"I think that what so many people are taking exception to is the tone of the articles, suggesting that the police are not doing their jobs by having the temerity to actually ask questions of complainants."

I see little evidence that people are complaining about that. Instead, the complaints mostly fall into these categories: denial that there's an issue at all, that the system is biased against males, and that there are already a large number of false accusations. Their implication is that having a review of the process will just make matters worse. The obvious weakness of that argument suggests that people just don't want to know the truth of the matter, or to have the truth revealed.

I do appreciate your comments as a police officer, and I do acknowledge the difficulties that cases of this sort must entail. Nevertheless, I don't see how any professional law official could object to a review to ensure that we're using best practices concerning a serious crime.