Domestic abuse victims to get specialist support from first contact with police

Mark Mansfield Victims of domestic abuse will receive specialist support from their first contact with police under a new scheme launching next month. Dyfed-Powys Police is one of 12 forces introducing the second phase of a Home Office-funded initiative that will see a specialist Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (

The Scottish Government has said domestic abuse must be “eradicated from our society” as new legal provisions to protect victims’ housing comes into force ...

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