James Kirkup James Kirkup

Meet the top cop who wants to police your pronouns

What is the purpose of the police? Maybe your answer has something to do with “preventing crime” or “arresting criminals”.

Or maybe you think it’s the job of officers of the law to tell us how to behave, to police our conduct, and to make sure we all speak to each other nicely.

In which case, the copper for you is Deputy Chief Constable Julie Cooke of Cheshire Police.

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