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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | Under the section titled: Specific management considerations when dealing with police perpetrators of domestic abuse - the following sentence has been updated from this: Allegations of domestic abuse involving police suspects must always be appropriately treated as police complaints or conduct matters and investigated as an allegation of police misconduct. To this: Allegations of domestic abuse involving police suspects must always be appropriately treated as police complaints or conduct matters and investigated as an allegation of police misconduct, regardless of whether or not it is being pursued as a criminal matter. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | Under the section titled: Providing support to victims - a sentence has been added, to take the sentence from this: Police forces should also ensure that such victims are given a full explanation of the force's domestic abuse workplace policy and kept fully informed about the progress of internal investigations and misconduct processes. To this: Police forces should also ensure that such victims are given a full explanation of the force's domestic abuse workplace policy and kept fully informed about the progress of internal investigations and misconduct processes. This includes making sure they understand when they are the complainant or Interested Person in an internal complaint or conduct investigation - as opposed to being the victim in any criminal investigation. In all cases, police should ensure they are willing to pursue the investigation. |
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| Major investigation and public protection > Domestic abuse | Leadership, strategic oversight and management | Specific management considerations when dealing with police perpetrators of domestic abuse; Inter-force arrangements; Reviews of the investigation; Providing support to victims has had minor amendments to capitalisation and other grammatical/syntactical choices. These were carried out after product author checks were received on new/significantly amended sections of DA APP subsequent to a super-complaint. |
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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. |
