Detective Constable Jon Lloyd

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• Detective Constable Jon Lloyd
• Sergeant Nita Jhanji-Garrod
• Sam Frenz GMPA

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Facts and Figures

• Million incidents of Domestic Violence per year
• Men Experience Domestic Abuse
• Women experience Domestic Abuse
• DV cases that CPS brought to trial in 2008-2009
• Persons killed every week in Domestic Murders

• 12,900 000
• 1 in 6
• 1 in 4
• 67, 094
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CASE STUDY

• 999 Call
• Grading?
• Allocation?
• Category
• What else would you consider?

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CASE STUDY

• Response Officer Phase
• Consider the following
• Scene
• Witnesses
• Forensics
• Victim
• Offender

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Learning Points

• Not all incidents are that straight forward
• Not all 999 calls will give you full details of
  the incident
• Initial actions are victim and officer safety,
  assessment of first aid and medical assistance
• Initial response to incidents is time critical
  and decisions are made on the spot that are later
  evaluated, rightly or wrongly.

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What can you do?

• If you were involved in this case what would you
  contribute as a divisional IAG or Force IAG?

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Domestic Abuse Definition

• How would you define Domestic Abuse?

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Domestic Abuse

• ACPO/CPS/Government definition
• Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence,
  abuse (psychological, physical, sexual,
  financial, emotional) between adults aged 18 and
  over, who are or have been intimate partners or
  family members, regardless of gender sexuality

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Honour Based Violence

• What do you think?
• Forced Marriage comes under the umbrella of
  Honour Based Violence.

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Myths

• Alcohol causes men to be violent
• Where does this myth come from?
• What is the truth?
• How can we end it?

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Myths cont

• It mainly happens to poor women on council
  estates
• Where does this myth come from?
• What is the truth?
• How can we end it?

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Myths cont

• Abuse of women is considered normal or acceptable
  in some cultures.
• Where does this myth come from?
• What is the truth?
• How can we end it?