A senior police officer who faced homophobic and sexist abuse over her hairstyle has been put forward to become a chief constable.
Rachel Swann, the Derbyshire deputy chief constable, shut down her social media profiles after trolls attacked her for her short, spiky hair with a blonde streak dyed through it.
Fellow officers defended her yesterday after Hardyal Dhindsa, the local police and crime commissioner, selected her as the preferred candidate to lead Derbyshire constabulary. Ms Swann was first attacked over her hair when she appeared on TV while leading the emergency evacuation of Whaley Bridge in August after a dam wall was damaged. She eventually decided to leave social media, saying in November that she could “take a bit of banter” but that the