The most senior police figures in England and Wales has called for a new ‘gold standard’ for gender-based violence investigations.
– the government has taken steps towards addressing the widespread problem, eventually publishing its long-awaited violence against women strategy in June 2021.
Indeed, Marsh said the bond of trust between the police and women “must be mended”, but said he had confidence that could be achieved. He pointed to the record recruitment of female officers – who now make up 34% of forces overall, including 31% of chief officers and 43% of recruits hired since April 2020 – and a series of improvements to the policing of VAWG, including guidance on non-molestation orders, bystander programmes and research on reducing violence against women.
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