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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | Made several swaps throughout from Violence to abuse - this related to Helpline references, HBV to HBA etc. Nine questions for the force Q3, bullet 7 - wording changed from 'cautioning and restorative justice' to 'out of court resolutions'. Q7, bullet 7 - '...employed by its own police force members, whether staff or officers?' Q9, bullet 2, sub-bullet 3 - added DARA before DASH. Sub-bullet added to the end 'handling of police perpetrated DA allegations and associated referrals to professional standards department for investigation? Domestic abuse as core business Beneath 'Management considerations include:' - bullet 2 - HBV Violence amended to HBA Assault. Prostitution changed for sex work. Multi-agency considerations Bullet 1 replaced LSCBs with 'other safeguarding adults or children's boards.' Meeting the welfare needs of DA specialists Deleted last sentence and link. Replaced with a reference and text related to Oscar Kilo. Performance management Deleted reference to 'There is currently no national framework...' and ref to MoJ Action plan. Added text and link to NPCC Policing VAWG. Removed 'at Annex A' Victim safety and support Bullet 3 replaced reference and link to Victims' Code. DV disclosure schemes Removed date from HO reference; removed date from MoJ reference and word 'New' Initial contact Removed date from HO reference. Under initial checks, 2nd bullet added 'in which case, immediate action should be taken'. Face to face meeting Deleted date from HO citation Full risk assessment Deleted 'Where the applicant is the potential victim' and 'within five working days.' Added 'This should be revisited...' sentence beneath. Referral to the local decision-making forum changed to multi-agency panel. Changed within first paragraph also. Changed five working days to 10. Concern Sentence added at bottom of section, starting 'If at any time...' No concern Sentence starting 'It is for the...' local decision-making forum swapped to multi-agency panel. HO citation - deleted date. Maintaining a record for the disclosure consideration HO - removed date; removed reference to annexes; removed 'local decision making forum from end of bullet.
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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | The section under 'Specific management considerations when dealing with police perpetrators of domestic abuse' has been deleted and replaced with new text. These changes were required due to a super-complaint investigation. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | Updated broken links to Code of Ethics |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | Update a link to 2015 Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. |
