#GetConsent campaign launches in East Yorkshire
Humberside Police is working to protect vulnerable people, as part of ‘Operation Contract’.
As nightclubs have re-opened, Humberside Police officers will be patrolling town and city centres, to speak to door staff and licensees to raise awareness on consent issues.
They'll also be on the look of for vulnerable people who have had too much too drink.
Campaign Lead, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Thorp, said:
“You might wonder why we are doing this campaign now. Before the pandemic we know that 25% of rapes and sexual assaults that were reported to us were directly linked to the night-time economy, and half of those involved drugs and alcohol consumption.
“The summer months of July and August are the months in which we tend to see the highest number of reports of sexual assault and rape to our control centre.
“This campaign is all about raising awareness of the issue of consent in the hope that we can prevent, reduce and stop offenders from targeting vulnerable people. #GetConsent is about exactly that - Just because you meet someone on a night out and you flirt, dance and kiss doesn’t mean that that person wants to take things any further or have sex. If they are drunk or have taken drugs means you may not be able to be confident that the person is fully happy with the situation or indeed able to consent to what is happening.
“Consent is about respect and not either assuming the other person is OK with what is happening or taking advantage of that person when they are vulnerable. Consent is paramount. Let’s be clear in our message - Sex without consent is rape.”
The #GetConsent campaign is going to be running in conjunction with the live policing operation, Operation Contract, which also launches now that the restrictions have eased.