I guess this will happen a lot more with the “see something, say something” campaign. Better safe than sorry.
This is the sort of thing that is going to chase more men from serving as active fathers in their daughters’ lives. (Already men are more likely to leave a marriage with daughters than with sons.)
And that is likely to lead to more lost girls becoming victim to bad-actor men out in the world.
So maybe some girl saved with this policy—but others likely tossed to the wolves, too.
If they were Muslim, the staff would have seen something and not said a damn word.
People saw something and said something in Rotherham, too, and nothing was done. A British or Welsh father does something normal and we see the results.