Humberside Police  inconsistent approach to domestic violence

 

A recent HMIC report criticises Humberside Police

Here is an extract from the report:

HMIC has made an initial consideration of the action plan submitted by Humberside Police.

We found the action plan details activity that is in line with the agreed national priorities

outlined above. However, there is no clear evidence to highlight how the force has met the vast majority of the requirements.

 The force has provided information around ongoing activity to demonstrate a foward-looking approach and intention, but not included clear evidence of what they have been doing since the

HMIC inspection and report publication in March 2014. 

 There is also no clear reference to the HMIC force recommendations within this submitted plan.

The crime inspection provided us with our first opportunity to test whether changes in the force's approach to domestic abuse were beggining to have a positive effect.

HMIC found that, although domestic abuse was a priority for the force, there was a fragmented and inconsistent approach across the force with victims not always recieving the level of support they needed.

There was a concern about standard and medium risk cases and although there were examples of good partnership work this again varied across the force.

We found evidence in Humberside that activity related to domestic abuse remains inconsistent across the force.

 Although the force was piloting a Repeat Victim Group,identifying vulnerability issues, building links with MARAC and offering tactical resources for higher risk cases, this was limited to one policing area. 

This is my local police force and this report holds no surprises. I completely agree with the inconsistent approach the Inspector found .  In fact I would go further than that from local   knowledge .In my opinion Humberside Police and I am sure it's not just them need to pull their socks up.

As I outlined in a previous post there are long term costs of domestic violence in terms of mental health, there is also a knock on effect on children , housing and physical health. If anyone is happy to share a personal story anonymously please contact me. Or if you require help with using the police complaints procedure I am also willing to assist you.

Link to HMIC report here http://bit.ly/19aucku