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All police forces to get specialist sexual offence teams, Mahmood pledges
More than 50% of police forces already have specialist teams; the government aims to halve violence against women and girls within 10 years through this strategy.
- Later this week, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood pledged specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams will be in every police force in England and Wales by 2029 as part of Labour's violence against women and girls strategy.
- Delays to the government's VAWG strategy followed a report earlier this month found over a quarter of police forces had not implemented basic sexual offence policies, prompting concerns from three Commons committee chairs.
- Funding details show almost 2m investment for undercover online units using covert methods, building on the existing Home Office undercover network that made 1,700 arrests, with more than 50% of police forces already staffed and trained.
- Immediate consequences include domestic abuse protection orders rolling out across England and Wales with breaches carrying up to 5 years in prison, as the government declares violence against women and girls a national emergency, Shabana Mahmood said.
- Longer term, ministers propose the long-delayed VAWG plan, including wider disclosure under Clare's Law, Article 8 and Article 3 reforms, and facial recognition technology with 999 domestic abuse specialists.
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Specialist teams for all police forces under violence against women’s strategy
The Home Secretary announced the changes ahead of the Vawg strategy launch expected next week.
·London, United Kingdom
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Specialist teams and online investigators deployed across England and Wales to tackle 'national emergency' of violence against women and girls
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said her measures mean "abusers will have nowhere to hide" but the Conservatives claimed Labour had "failed women" and "broken its promises".
·United Kingdom
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Shropshire Star‘A national emergency’: Specialist rape and sex offences teams for all police forces in Government reforms
Specialist rape and sex offences investigators will be introduced to every police force as part of reforms to be introduced under the Government’s violence against women and girls (Vawg) strategy.
·Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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