Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 48
48
Accepted
Paragraph: 119
Policing must demonstrate cultural change through excellent service for VAWG victims.
Conclusion
Policing needs to show rather than tell women and girls that cultural change has taken place. It can start by providing a consistently excellent service to victims and survivors of VAWG. The availability of officers with the right skills and sensitivities is a crucial part of this.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government is working with the NPCC to design a new Criminal Justice Unit Optimum model aimed at improving case progression and communication with the CPS, which will consider existing good practice and the Soteria model for all crime.
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Paragraph Reference:
119
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The NPCC guidance also sets out that when an individual reports as a victim of crime, the focus should always be to investigate the allegation and put in place reasonable measures to protect the victim from harm. It refers officers to the College of Policing’s guidance on initiating support and protection for victims of domestic abuse within the Major Investigations and Public Protection Authorised Professional Practice which guides officers to measures to protect the victim and signpost to local support services.
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