Domestic and family violence is a crime.
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It occurs daily across every Local Area Command and the investigation of such incidents is complex and challenging when compared to other crime types.
Calls to the NSW Police Force for assistance relating to domestic and family violence continue to increase each year. The rate of reporting is attributed to a change in community attitudes and confirms that an ever-increasing number of victims feel confident to stand up to the perpetrators and seek assistance from their police force, who they trust will do something to help them.
On May 1, the NSW Police Force introduced Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) Compliance Checks. This is but one of a number of strategies that we are employing in our efforts to reduce the rate of domestic and family violence in our community. No different to the long established process of conducting bail compliance checks, this strategy is also about enforcing a court order that was made to restrict the behaviour of an individual to reduce the risk of re-offending and/or provide protections to a victim of crime.
What we are doing is simply including ADVOs ‘in the mix’ with our current practice of conducting bail compliance checks. Both perpetrators and victims need to know that an ADVO is not just a piece of paper; rather it is a legal and enforceable set of conditions which we will proactively use to advance victim safety and promote compliance.
Of late we have noticed a greater percentage of patrons attending our licensed premises being affected by drugs, instead of alcohol. We have a number of Liqour Accord meetings coming up in the near future so we are looking forward to working closely with licensees to address this problem. I guess it is a reflection on our society that there is more and more drug use occurring, which is becoming evident in our licensed premises. We will be targeting this problem in the near future so be aware.
Until next week.