Police failed to properly investigate allegations of sexual abuse in Nottinghamshire children's homes, a former senior social worker has said.
Police have received more than 100 complaints of abuse since starting to investigate the homes in 2010.
But the social worker said reports she made in the 1990s were not believed because of the children's backgrounds.
Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said: "Historically, victims haven't been listened to enough."
Mr Tipping, who was a social worker in Nottinghamshire in the 1970s, was interviewed as a witness in December.
'Listen to victims'Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, the former social worker - who wished to remain anonymous - said she made three complaints as recently as the early 2000s after children disclosed sexual abuse to her.
"The difficulty that we had was that the residential staff would deny it. They would provide alibis for each other," she said.
"The children or the young people: Where were they going to go? Even if we moved them... the staff moved around."
Operation Daybreak- The force's investigation, Operation Daybreak, which has seen 11 people arrested, has centred around the Beechwood care home in Mapperley
- It has since widened to include 12 others across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
- More than 100 complaints of abuse have been investigated, dating back to the 1960s
- The force said it was "one of the largest" criminal investigations in its history
- PCC Paddy Tipping was a social worker in the 1970s. He was interviewed as a witness in December.
- Information from an FOI request in May 2014 revealed the city and county councils had paid £250,000 in compensation to 26 former residents and a "significant" number of other claims were being considered
The investigation has centred around the now-closed Beechwood care home in Mapperley but has since widened to include 12 others across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
The force said it was the "one of the largest" criminal investigations it had ever undertaken.
The former social worker also accused the police of using derogatory terms to describe children from poorer areas of the city.
A force spokeswoman said any officer caught using such terms would be subject to misconduct enquiries.
Abuse survivors"It is difficult to comment on historic practices and the actions of people who will have long since retired from the force," she said.
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Superintendent Helen Chamberlain: "We're dealing with potentially over 150 abusers"
"What we are determined to ensure is that a thorough investigation is completed in relation to the allegations made about abuse at a number of children's homes in Nottinghamshire over a number of decades.
She said "swift action" would be taken should allegations like these emerge today.
In a joint statement Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire county councils, which ran Beechwood and others involved, said they were "frustrated" an independent review could not start until after the criminal investigation.
"Survivors of child abuse can be assured that we are supporting the police investigation to try and get to the truth and hopefully bring any perpetrators to justice."
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