Category: Domestic violence

Pilot of domestic abuse experts helping in 999 call rooms begins in England

Jess Phillips says ‘Raneem’s law’ scheme will support ‘force-wide cultural change’ as initial phase is rolled outDomestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls...

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Coercive control to be put on par with other types of domestic abuse in England and Wales

Police and probation services will be legally required to share with one another information that suggests offenders are risk to othersCoercive control is to be put on a par with other forms of domestic abuse in England and...

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‘We’re coming for you,’ English police chief tells domestic abusers

Exclusive: Sarah Crew of Avon and Somerset says early intervention is part of new national approach to rapistsA senior English police officer at the vanguard of a new national approach to catching rapists has put domestic...

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‘Killed here’ plaques unveiled in campaign for tougher sentences for domestic homicides

Families of women who were murdered at home by a man call on MPs to change UK’s ‘misogynistic’ lawsUK politics live – latest updatesA series of seven blue and black plaques have been fixed to properties...

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Police ‘left to deal with fallout’ of poorly planned early release of 1,700 prisoners

Police association chief says criminals potentially being freed in England and Wales without proper rehabilitation plans‘Inevitable some will get recalled’: concern as 1,700 prisoners released earlyPolice are at...

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